African Silverbill

Euodice cantans - Capucin bec-d'argent

Capucin bec-d'argent
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Passeriformes

  • Family
    :

    Estrildidés

  • Genus
    :

    Euodice

  • Species
    :

    cantans

Descriptor

Gmelin, JF, 1789

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 11 cm
  • Wingspan
    : -
  • Weight
    : 10 à 14 g
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Capucin bec-d'argent
adult
Capucin bec-d'argent
adult

African Silverbill (Euodice cantans) is a species of bird in the Estrildidae family.

Subspecific information 2 subspecies

  • Euodice cantans cantans (Mauritania, Senegal and Gambia to s Sudan)
  • Euodice cantans orientalis (s Arabian Pen., e Sudan to Somalia and south to Tanzania)

Foreign names

  • Capucin bec-d'argent,
  • Capuchino picoplata africano,
  • bico-de-chumbo-africano,
  • Afrikasilberschnabel,
  • afrikai ezüstcsőrűpinty,
  • Zilverbekje,
  • Becco d'argento,
  • afrikansk silvernäbb,
  • Savannesølvnebb,
  • mníška spevavá,
  • stříbrozobka zpěvná,
  • Afrikansk Sølvnæb,
  • hopeanokka,
  • maniquí bec d'argent,
  • Söngstrildi,
  • srebrnodziobek afrykański,
  • Āfrikas sudrabknābītis,
  • afriški srebrnokljunček,
  • Серебряноклювая амадина,
  • アフリカギンバシ,
  • 银嘴文鸟,
  • afrikansk silvernäbb,
  • 非洲銀嘴文鳥,

Voice song and call

Capucin bec-d'argent
adult

Habitat

Capucin bec-d'argent
adult

Savanna : Dry ; Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Arable Land, Pastureland

Geographic range

Distribution

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

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