West African seedeater explained

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).^{[1] [2]}

Three subspecies are recognised:^[3]

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: 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 . 13 July 2015.
2. Book: del Hoyo . J. . Collar . N. . West African Seedeater (Crithagra canicapilla) . del Hoyo . J . Elliott . A. . Sargatal . J. . Christie . D.A. . de Juana . E. . Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive . Lynx Edicions . http://www.hbw.com/node/1344133 . 6 May 2017.
3. Web site: Gill . Frank . Donsker . David . Finches, euphonias . World Bird List Version 5.2. International Ornithologists' Union. 5 June 2015 .