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Passeriformes / Estrildidae / Spermestes

Black-and-white Mannikin

Spermestes bicolor

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (bawman1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Taxonomy

Order: Passeriformes
Family: Estrildidae
Genus: Spermestes

Subspecies (4)

Spermestes bicolor bicolor

Guinea-Bissau to southern Nigeria
Spermestes bicolor nigriceps

southern Somalia to Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, and southern Africa
Spermestes bicolor poensis

southern Cameroon to Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, and northern Angola; Bioko
Spermestes bicolor woltersi

southeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo to northwestern Zambia

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (bawman1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.