Waxbills, Munias & Allies

Black-bellied Seedcracker

Pyrenestes ostrinus

The Black-bellied Seedcracker (Pyrenestes ostrinus) is a 22 g forest bird that eats mostly seeds. It stays put all year.

Family

Waxbills, Munias & Allies

Order

Passeriformes

Weight

22 g

Habitat

Forest

Diet

Plants and seeds

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

15

Recorded in Ghana, Uganda, Cameroon, Gabon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Nigeria, Zambia, Republic of the Congo, Eq. Guinea, Côte d'Ivoire, Central African Rep., Benin, Angola, Tanzania, Liberia.

Where to see it: PN de la Lopé (general area) (Gabon); Grand-Bassam—Pont de la Victoire et Lagune Ouladine (Côte d'Ivoire); Ipassa Makokou Nature Reserve (Gabon); Odzala NP · Mboko Camp (Republic of the Congo); Dzanga-Sangha NP · Dzanga Bai (Central African Republic).

Photo: (c) Lucy Keith-Diagne, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist