Gray-headed Oliveback
Delacourella capistrata
A large, spectacular, distinctive olive-and-grayish waxbill with a white face and cheeks and a striking black bib that recurves under the cheeks as a jaw-stripe. Juvenile is duller and darker than adult. Resident in grassy moist savanna, thickets near water, and riverine woodland, where it feeds both in trees and on the ground. Calls include a high-pitched “tssssp”; song is a series of whistles slowing down and descending in pitch.
Identification
A large, spectacular, distinctive olive-and-grayish waxbill with a white face and cheeks and a striking black bib that recurves under the cheeks as a jaw-stripe. Juvenile is duller and darker than adult. Resident in grassy moist savanna, thickets near water, and riverine woodland, where it feeds both in trees and on the ground. Calls include a high-pitched “tssssp”; song is a series of whistles slowing down and descending in pitch.
Taxonomy
Genus: Delacourella; Family: Estrildidae; Order: Passeriformes.
- Scientific name
- Delacourella capistrata
- Authority
- (Hartlaub, 1861)
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Estrildidae
- Genus
- Delacourella
Range and habitat
- Migration
- Resident species
Behavior
Migration pattern: Resident species.
Conservation
Population trend: stable.
- Population trend
- stable
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Distribution
Bird Calls
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