Black-and-white Mannikin
Spermestes bicolor
IUCN: Least Concern
Taxonomy
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Estrildidae
- Genus
- Spermestes
- eBird Code
- bawman1
Subspecies (4)
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Spermestes bicolor bicolor
Guinea-Bissau to southern Nigeria
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Spermestes bicolor nigriceps
southern Somalia to Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, and southern Africa
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Spermestes bicolor poensis
southern Cameroon to Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, and northern Angola; Bioko
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Spermestes bicolor woltersi
southeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo to northwestern Zambia
Data Sources
Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.