Black-faced quailfinch
| Black-faced quailfinch | |
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| Adult male in breeding plumage, The Gambia | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Estrildidae |
| Genus: | Ortygospiza |
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| Subspecies: | O. a. atricollis
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| Trinomial name | |
| Ortygospiza atricollis atricollis (Vieillot, 1817)
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The black-faced quailfinch (Ortygospiza atricollis atricollis), is a common subspecies of estrildid finch found in western and central of Africa. Some taxonomists consider it to be conspecific with the African quailfinch, others consider all three species to be conspecific.
Origin
Origin and phylogeny has been obtained by Antonio Arnaiz-Villena et al.[2] Estrildinae may have originated in India and dispersed thereafter (towards Africa and Pacific Ocean habitats).
References
- ^ BirdLife International (2012). "Ortygospiza atricollis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
{{cite journal}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - ^ Arnaiz-Villena, A; Ruiz-del-Valle V; Gomez-Prieto P; Reguera R; Parga-Lozano C; Serrano-Vela I (2009). "Estrildinae Finches (Aves, Passeriformes) from Africa, South Asia and Australia: a Molecular Phylogeographic Study" (PDF). The Open Ornithology Journal. 2: 29–36. doi:10.2174/1874453200902010029.
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External links
- Quail Finch/Black-faced quailfinch - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds.
- African Quailfinch (Ortygospiza atricollis) - Species page in Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive
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