Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Waxbills and Allies :: Black-and-white Mannikin

Black-and-white Mannikin Spermestes bicolor

Described by: Fraser (1843)
Alternate common name(s): Black-and-white Munia, Red-backed Munia, Fernando Po Munia, Blue-billed Munia, Brown-backed Mannikin, Brown-backed Munia, Rufous-backed Munia, Rufous-backed Mannikin, Red-backed Mannikin, Chestnut-backed Munia
Old scientific name(s): Lonchura bicolor

Photographs

Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - Sep 12, 2004 © Alan Manson  Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - Sep 12, 2004 © Alan Manson  Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - Oct 16, 2005 © Alan Manson 
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Range

(1) Guinea-Bissau, s. Mali, Sierra Leone, se. Guinea, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, and Cameroon. Fernando Po.
(2) Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo, s. Central African Republic, n. Zaire, nw. Angola, Ethiopia and Kenya.
(3) Ex. se. Sudan, sw. Ethiopia, ne. Zaire, Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda, w. Kenya, and nw. Tanzania.
(4) S. Somalia.
(5) C. and ne. Angola, s. Zaire, and nw. Zambia.
(6) E. and s. Kenya, Tanzania including Zanzibar Is. and Pemba Is., Zambia, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, and e. South Africa (Natal).

Videos

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Sounds

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References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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