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A photo of a African Silverbill (Euodice cantans)
African Silverbill

African Silverbill

Euodice cantans

The African silverbill (Euodice cantans) is a small passerine bird formerly considered conspecific with the Asian species Indian silverbill, (Euodice malabarica). This estrildid finch is a common resident breeding bird in dry savanna habitat, south of the Sahara Desert. This species has also been introduced to other countries such as Portugal, Qatar and United States. The African silverbill is approximately 10 cm in length with a long black pointed tail. The adult has a stubby silver-blue bill, finely vermiculated light-brown upper parts, whitish underparts, black rump and black wings. The sexes are similar, but immatures lack the vermiculations. This species has a tseep call and a trilling song. The contact call of the male is a single tseep while the female is a double noted tsiptsip. Birds in flight keep up a constant tseep tseep tseep. The subspecies E. c. orientalis is darker on the face and upperparts than the other subspecies.
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Jack Spencer
Sunday 02 Apr 2023 - 9:59pm
Senegal
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Lucas Corneliussen
Tuesday 20 Dec 2022 - 9:50am
United States
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Grace Kinney Broderick
Monday 03 Oct 2022 - 12:13pm
Niger
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Andrew Jensen
Saturday 21 May 2022 - 3:03pm
United States
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