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African quailfinch
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The African quailfinch, spectacled quailfinch, or white-chinned quailfinch (Ortygospiza atricollis fuscocrissa), is a common species of estrildid finch found in eastern and southern Africa. Some taxonomists consider it to be conspecific with the black-faced quailfinch and the black-chinned quailfinch, others consider all three species to be conspecific.
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African quailfinch | |
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O. a. fuscocrissa, male, at Suikerbosrand, South Africa | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Estrildidae |
Genus: | Ortygospiza |
Species: | |
Subspecies: | O. a. fuscocrissa |
Trinomial name | |
Ortygospiza atricollis fuscocrissa (Heuglin, 1863) |
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