West African Seedeater

Crithagra canicapilla

The West African seedeater is a small passerine bird in the finch family. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, southern Mali and northern Ivory Coast across to southern Niger and northern Cameroon, with a disjunct population in South Sudan, Uganda and neighboring areas.

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