Grant's bluebill

Spermophaga poliogenys

Grant's bluebill is a species of estrildid finch found in forests in central Africa in subtropical forests or in moist lowlands. It has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 350,000 km2.
Spermophaga poliogenys Bird watching in your garden is nice ! This one was gathering twigs and leaves to make its nest. Aves,Bird,Estrildidae,Gabon,Geotagged,Grant's bluebill,Spermophaga poliogenys,Summer

Naming

The common name of this species commemorates the British ornithologist Claude Henry Baxter Grant.

Distribution

It is found in the Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda. The IUCN has classified the species as being of least concern.

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Status: Least concern
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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionChordata
ClassAves
OrderPasseriformes
FamilyEstrildidae
GenusSpermophaga
SpeciesS. poliogenys
Photographed in
Gabon