Biology:Black-faced quailfinch

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Short description: Subspecies of bird

Black-faced quailfinch
Flickr - Rainbirder - African Quailfinch (Ortygospiza atricollis) male.jpg
Adult male in breeding plumage, The Gambia
Scientific classification e
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

BirdLife Species Factsheet

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q1300537 entry