African Chaffinch - BirdForum Opus

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Male of subspecies F. s. africana
Photo © by sdaly
Middle Atlas, Morocco, November 2005

Posturing males; subspecies africana on left, probably Common Chaffinch on right
Photo © by peterday
Khemisset, Morocco, March 2018

Fringilla spodiogenys

Distribution

Found in Northern African countries east to Libya.

Taxonomy

Common Chaffinch formerly included African Chaffinch, Azores Chaffinch, Madeira Chaffinch and Canary Islands Chaffinch.

Subspecies

Clements recognizes these subspecies[1]:

• F. s. africana: northwestern Africa (Morocco to northern Tunisia); resident
• F. s. spodiogenys: eastern Tunisia and northwestern Libya; resident
• F. s. harterti: northeastern Libya; resident

References

1. Clements, J. F., P. C. Rasmussen, T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, A. Spencer, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2023. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2023. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Gill, F, D Donsker, and P Rasmussen (Eds). 2024. IOC World Bird List (v 14.2). Doi 10.14344/IOC.ML.14.2. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/

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• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) African Chaffinch. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 14 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/African_Chaffinch

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