African Silverbill (Euodice cantans)

Other Scientific Names
Euodice cantans [Cramp and Simmons (1977-1994)], Euodice cantans [AERC TAC (2003)]

Other Names (World)
African Silverbill, Silverbill, Warbling Silverbill, Black-rumped Silverbill

Family
Estrildidae (Waxbills)

Size
11 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Gmelin, 1789)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland dry shrubland, dry savanna, pastureland, arable land. From sea-level - 1,600 m.

Range (Guide)

Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Oman (B), Saudi Arabia (B), Senegal, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania [United Republic of], Togo, Uganda, Yemen (B).

Introduced to Portugal (B), Puerto Rico (B), Qatar, USA (B).

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 (37)...)

African Silverbill (Euodice cantans) [XC425650]
by David Darrell-Lambert from Kombo South, West Coast Region, Gambia (call)

African Silverbill (Euodice cantans) [XC209513]
by Andrew Spencer from Ewa Beach, Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States (call)

Subspecies
May form a superspecies with Indian Silverbill (Euodice malabarica) and often treated as conspecific.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

cantans (Gmelin, 1789) - Central and southern Mauritania and Senegambia east to Niger, northern Nigeria, Chad and western and southern Sudan. Also southern Algeria (origin of birds uncertain).
orientalis (Lorenz von Liburnau, L & Hellmayr, 1901) - Extreme south-eastern Egypt (Gebel Elba), eastern Sudan, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Somalia, northern Uganda, Kenya and northern Tanzania, and southern Arabian Peninsula (south-western Saudi Arabia, Yemen, western Oman).

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for African Silverbill (Euodice cantans) - 10 files

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