Ortygospiza atricollis

Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Aves
Subclassis: Carinatae
Infraclassis: Neornithes
Parvclassis: Neognathae
Ordo: Passeriformes
Subordo: Passeri
Parvordo: Passerida
Superfamilia: Passeroidea
Familia: Estrildidae
Genus: Ortygospiza
Species: Ortygospiza atricollis
Subspecies: O. a. ansorgei - O. a. atricollis - O. a. ugandae

Name

Ortygospiza atricollis (Vieillot, 1817)

Vernacular names

Reference

Nouveau Dictionnaire d'Histoire Naturelle Appliquée Aux Arts... 12 p.182

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 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.

References

BirdLife Species Factsheet