West African Seedeater (Crithagra canicapilla)
About the West African Seedeater
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). Three subspecies are recognised: C. c. canicapilla (Du Bus de Gisignies, 1855) C. c. elgonensis (Ogilvie-Grant, 1912) C. c. montanorum (Bannerman, 1923).
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 1 recording for this species: 1 CC BY-NC-SA. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
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Listed as recorded in Ghana in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- African CitrilCrithagra citrinelloidesrecording
- Reichenow's SeedeaterCrithagra reichenowirecording
- Streaky SeedeaterCrithagra striolatarecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.