- Sporopipes frontalis
Identification
Black-and-white speckled forehead, rufous nape and dark moustachial stripes.
Distribution
Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Somalia, Sudan, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda.
Taxonomy
Sporopipes frontalis has two subspecies:1
- S. f. frontalis
- Senegambia to north-western Ethiopia and Eritrea
- S. f. emini
- Southern South Sudan, northern Uganda, western Kenya, and northern and central Tanzania
Habitat
Dry savanna and bushy grassland.
Behaviour
Gregarious. Eats mainly seeds.
Breeding
Monogamous. Usually a solitary nester, but may nest in colonies. The nest is large and untidy with a side entrance; built of grass in a bush.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2017. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017, with updates to August 2017. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Sinclair I & Ryan P. 2003. Birds of Africa south of the Sahara. Princeton University Press. ISBN 0620207299
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Speckle-fronted Weaver. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 28 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Speckle-fronted_Weaver
