Chestnut-breasted Nigrita

Nigrita bicolor - Nigrette à ventre roux

Systematics

Order
:
Passeriformes
Family
:
Estrildidés
Genus
:
Nigrita
Species
:
bicolor

Descriptor

Hartlaub, 1844

Biometrics

Size
: 12 cm
Wingspan
: -
Weight
: -

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Chestnut-breasted Nigrita (Nigrita bicolor) is a species of bird in the Estrildidae family.

Subspecific information 3 subspecies

Nigrita bicolor bicolor (Senegal and Gambia to Togo)
Nigrita bicolor brunnescens (s Nigeria to DRCongo and n Angola, also Príncipe I.)
Nigrita bicolor saturatior (e DRCongo, sw Uganda)

Foreign names

Nigrette à ventre roux,
Negrita pechirrufa,
nigrita-ruiva,
Zweifarbenschwärzling,
kétszínű négerpinty,
Bruinborstnegervink,
Nigrita pettocastano,
kastanjebröstad nigrita,
Kastanjeastrild,
černáčik dvojfarebný,
černoušek hnědoprsý,
Brunbrystet Skovastrild,
tervapeippo,
negreta castanya,
nigrita rdzawobrzucha,
Двуцветная нигрита,
チャバラクロキンパラ,
栗胸黑雀,
kastanjebröstad nigrita,
栗胸黑梅花雀,

Voice song and call

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Habitat

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland, Subtropical/Tropical Mangrove Vegetation Above High Tide Level ; Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical Moist ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Arable Land, Plantations