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Passeriformes / Fringillidae / Crithagra

West African Seedeater

Crithagra canicapilla

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (sthsee3) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Taxonomy

Order: Passeriformes
Family: Fringillidae
Genus: Crithagra

Subspecies (3)

Crithagra canicapilla canicapilla

Guinea to Central African Republic
Crithagra canicapilla elgonensis

northwestern Central African Republic and adjacent southern Chad, South Sudan, northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, northern Uganda, and far western Kenya
Crithagra canicapilla montanorum

highlands of eastern Nigeria and western Cameroon

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (sthsee3) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.