West African seedeater

West African seedeater
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Fringillidae
Subfamily:	Carduelinae
Genus:	Crithagra
Species:	C. canicapilla
Binomial name
Crithagra canicapilla (Du Bus de Gisignies, 1855)

The West African seedeater (Crithagra canicapilla) 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.

Some authorities have considered the West African seedeater as a subspecies of the streaky-headed seedeater (Crithagra gularis). ^{[2] [3]}

Three subspecies are recognised: ^[4]

• C. c. canicapilla(Du Bus de Gisignies, 1855)
• C. c. elgonensis(Ogilvie-Grant, 1912)
• C. c. montanorum(Bannerman, 1923)

References

1. BirdLife International (2018). "Crithagra canicapilla". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2018: e.T103761640A132040757. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T103761640A132040757.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
2. Clements, J.F.; Schulenberg, T.S.; Iliff, M.J.; Roberson, D.; Fredericks, T.A.; Sullivan, B.L.; Wood, C.L. (2014). "The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.9" . Retrieved 13 July 2015.
3. del Hoyo, J.; Collar, N. "West African Seedeater (Crithagra canicapilla)". In del Hoyo, J; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J.; Christie, D.A.; de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions. Retrieved 6 May 2017.(subscription required)
4. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David (eds.). "Finches, euphonias". World Bird List Version 5.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 5 June 2015.