White-breasted Nigrita (Nigrita fusconotus)

Other Scientific Names
Nigrita fusconota [BirdLife International (2004)], Nigrita fusconota [Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993)], Nigrita fusconota [Dowsett and Forbes-Watson (1993)]

Other Names (World)
White-breasted Nigrita, White-breasted Negrofinch, Negrofinch, White-breasted Blackfinch

Family
Estrildidae (Waxbills)

Size
11 cm

First Described (Guide)
Fraser, 1843

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist lowland forest. From sea-level - 1,400 m.

Range (Guide)

Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], C�te dIvoire, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Tanzania [United Republic of], Uganda.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (25)...)

White-breasted Nigrita (Nigrita fusconotus) [XC719328]
by Peter Boesman from Atewa Range, Sagyimase, Ghana (song)

White-breasted Nigrita (Nigrita fusconotus) [XC719330]
by Peter Boesman from Atewa Range, Sagyimase, Ghana (song)

Subspecies
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

uropygialis Sharpe, 1869 - Guinea-Bissau, extreme south-western Mali, south-eastern Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Benin and south-western Nigeria.
fusconotus Fraser, 1843 - South-eastern Nigeria, Bioko I (Fernando Póo), southern Cameroon and extreme south-western Central African Republic east to Uganda and western Kenya, south to Gabon, PRCongo, northern Angola, south-western and south-central DRCongo, Rwanda and Burundi.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for White-breasted Nigrita (Nigrita fusconotus) - 10 files

More Information

BirdLife International

For more information about the White-breasted Nigrita see... Show Articles

BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Articles about the White-breasted Nigrita

If you would like to read any articles about the White-breasted Nigrita...

Show Articles (0)

No Pictures of White-breasted Nigrita

If Birdpedia has no pictures of White-breasted Nigrita or you would like to see more, then try the following...

Show External Images from BING

From BING (10)

No Videos of White-breasted Nigrita

If Birdpedia has no videos of White-breasted Nigrita or you would like to see more, then try the following..

Show External Videos

From BING (0)