West African seedeater explained

The West African seedeater (Crithagra canicapilla) is a small passerine bird in the finch family. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, southern Mali and northern Ivory Coast across to southern Niger and northern Cameroon.

Some authorities have considered the West African seedeater as a subspecies of the streaky-headed seedeater (Crithagra gularis).^{[1] [2]}

Three subspecies are recognised:^[3]

• C. c. canicapilla (Du Bus de Gisignies, 1855)
• C. c. elgonensis (Ogilvie-Grant, 1912)
• C. c. montanorum (Bannerman, 1923)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Clements . J.F. . Schulenberg . T.S. . Iliff . M.J. . Roberson . D. . Fredericks . T.A. . Sullivan . B.L. . Wood . C.L. . 2014 . The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.9 . 13 July 2015.
2. Book: del Hoyo . J. . Collar . N. . West African Seedeater (Crithagra canicapilla) . del Hoyo . J . Elliott . A. . Sargatal . J. . Christie . D.A. . de Juana . E. . Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive . Lynx Edicions . http://www.hbw.com/node/1344133 . 6 May 2017.
3. Web site: Gill . Frank . Donsker . David . Finches, euphonias . World Bird List Version 5.2. International Ornithologists' Union. 5 June 2015 .