Bronze Mannikin (Spermestes cucullata)

Other Names (World)
Bronze Mannikin, Bronze Munia, Green-headed Mannikin, Bronze-winged Mannikin, Hooded Weaver, Hooded Weaver Finch, Hooded Mannikin(!)

Family
Estrildidae (Waxbills)

Size
9 - 10 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Swainson, 1837)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest, dry forest, dry grassland, dry shrubland.

Range (Guide)

Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros (B), Congo, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], C�te dIvoire, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, S�o Tom� e Principe (B), Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania [United Republic of], Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Introduced to Puerto Rico (B), Virgin Islands (U.S.) (E) (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
Varied. Includes a 'rreep-rreeep' uttred inflight. A twittering when perched.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (52)...)

Bronze Mannikin (Spermestes) [XC811735]
by Oliver Fowler from Near Kabete Springs, Lower Kabete, Nairobi County, Kenya (call)

Bronze Mannikin (Spermestes cucullata) [XC326584]
by James Bradley from Parc National du Banco, Ivory Coast (call)

Nest
A domed structure composed of grass located in a tree.

Subspecies
Subspecies intergrade in north-eastern DRCongo and Uganda. Proposed subspecies tessellata, described from Nampini (middle R Zambesi valley), in north-western Zimbabwe, is synonymized with scutata.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

cucullata (Swainson, 1837) - Senegambia, southern Mali, Guinea-Bissau and Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia east to Nigeria, southern Chad and southern Sudan, south to Gabon, PRCongo, Central African Republic and western Kenya (west of Rift Valley). Also Bioko I (Fernando Póo) and other islands in Gulf of Guinea.
scutata (Heuglin, 1863) - Ethiopia and Kenya (east of Rift Valley) south to southern DRCongo, Angola, northern and eastern Botswana, Mozambique and central and south-eastern South Africa. Also islands off Tanzania (Pemba, Zanzibar and Mafia), and Comoro Is.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Bronze Mannikin (Spermestes cucullata) - 10 files

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