Grey-headed Oliveback

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Grey-headed Oliveback
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Estrildidae
Genus: Nesocharis
Species: N. capistrata
Binomial name
Nesocharis capistrata
(Hartlaub, 1861)

The Grey-headed Oliveback (Nesocharis capistrata) is a common species of estrildid finch found in Africa. It has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 800,000 km².

It is found in Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Togo & Uganda. The status of the species is evaluated as Least Concern.

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