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==Identification==
 
==Identification==
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
 
[[Ethiopia]] to [[Kenya]] and [[Tanzania]].
 
[[Ethiopia]] to [[Kenya]] and [[Tanzania]].
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
This is a monotypic species.  
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Placed in ''Lonchura'' by Dickinson<sup>[[#References|2]]</sup> and Gill & Wright<sup>[[#References|3]]</sup>; this species has in the past been placed in genus ''[[:Category:Spermestes|Spermestes]]'' with scientific name ''Spermestes caniceps''<sup>[[#References|4]]</sup> and in genus ''[[:Category:Lonchura|Lonchura]]'' with scientific name ''Lonchura griseicapilla''.
Placed in ''Lonchura'' by Dickinson<sup>[[#References|2]]</sup> and Gill & Wright<sup>[[#References|3]]</sup>; this species has in the past been placed in genus ''[[:Category:Spermestes|Spermestes]]'' with scientific name ''Spermestes caniceps''<sup>[[#References|4]]</sup>, and more recently in genus ''[[:Category:Odontospiza|Odontospiza]]'' with scientific name ''Odontospiza griseicapilla''<sup>[[#References|1]]</sup>. In the latter case, this would be the only species in the genus.
 
  
 
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Odontospiza griseicapilla

Identification

Distribution

Ethiopia to Kenya and Tanzania.

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species.
Placed in Lonchura by Dickinson2 and Gill & Wright3; this species has in the past been placed in genus Spermestes with scientific name Spermestes caniceps4 and in genus Lonchura with scientific name Lonchura griseicapilla.

Habitat

Behaviour

References

  1. Clements JF. 2007. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to October 2007. Cornell University Press. ISBN 9780801445019
  2. Dickinson EC (ed.) 2003. The Howard & Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World. 3rd ed. Princeton Univ. Press, Princeton, NJ, USA. ISBN 9780691117010
  3. Gill F & Wright M. 2008. Birds of the World: Recommended English Names. Princeton University Press, Princeton NJ, USA. 2006. ISBN 9780691128276 Update (2008) downloaded from http://worldbirdnames.org/names.html.
  4. Sibley CG & Monroe BL. 1996. Birds of the World, on diskette, Windows version 2.0. Charles G. Sibley, Santa Rosa, CA, USA.

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