African Quailfinch

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African Quailfinch
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Estrildidae
Genus: Ortygospiza
Species: O. atricollis
Binomial name
Ortygospiza atricollis
(Vieillot, 1817)

The African Quailfinch Ortygospiza atricollis is a common species of estrildid finch found in almost all parts of Africa except at far north of Africa. It has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 10,000,000 km².

It is found in Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia & Zimbabwe. The status of the species is evaluated as Least Concern.

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BirdLife Species Factsheet