Gray-headed Silverbill

Spermestes griseicapilla

A small, chunky, large-billed, distinctively marked waxbill. The gray head is speckled with fine white spots. There is sharp contrast between the brown back, the white rump, and the black tail, which is especially obvious in flight. Found locally in both dry and moist savanna and woodland, usually in grassy areas. Usually in flocks. The most common call is a quiet “tsip.”  

识别特征

The grey-headed silverbill is a stocky bird with a grey head studded with white dots. Its body is greyish-brown with partly black wings and tail and a white rump. The juvenile can be told by its white rump. Adult male is approximately 11.5 cm in length with wing length 6.5 cm.

分类信息

学名
Spermestes griseicapilla
命名信息
(Delacour, 1943)
Passeriformes
Estrildidae
Spermestes

分布与栖息地

The grey-headed silverbill is commonly found in dry savanna habitat but never too far away from water. It wanders widely, influenced by weather and shifting availability of sources of water.

迁徙
Resident species

行为

The grey-headed silverbill is gregarious, moving in small flocks and often mixing with African silverbill.<p>The grey-headed silverbill feeds mostly on grass seeds. But it has been suggested that the species also feed on insects which are more a source of moisture than dry seeds.

保护状况

种群趋势
stable

照片

分布

鸟叫声

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