Black-faced quailfinch

Black-faced quailfinch
Adult male in breeding plumage, The Gambia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Estrildidae
Genus: Ortygospiza
Species:
Subspecies:
O. a. atricollis
Trinomial name
Ortygospiza atricollis atricollis
(Vieillot, 1817)

The black-faced quailfinch (Ortygospiza atricollis atricollis), 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.

References

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  1. ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Ortygospiza atricollis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22735955A132187196. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22735955A132187196.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.

BirdLife Species Factsheet

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