Passeriformes / Estrildidae / Spermestes

Bronze Mannikin

Spermestes cucullata

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Lonchura cucullata → Spermestes cucullata

Genus transfer — GBIF Backbone Taxonomy uses the former name; AviList 2025 uses the current name.

Sunčana Bradley · CC_BY_4_0

Spermestes cucullata cucullata

Senegal southward to Liberia, eastward to southwestern South Sudan, and western Kenya, southward to Gabon and Congo; Bioko, Príncipe, São Tomé, and Annobón
Spermestes cucullata scutata

Ethiopia and adjacent southeastern Sudan and eastern South Sudan to Angola, northern and eastern Botswana, and eastern South Africa; Comoros

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.