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Waxbills and Allies

Quailfinch

Ortygospiza atricollis

The black-faced quailfinch, is a common subspecies of estrildid finch found in western and central of Africa. Some taxonomists consider it to be conspecific with the African quailfinch, others consider all three species to be conspecific.

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