Waxbills, Munias & Allies

Chestnut-breasted Nigrita

Nigrita bicolor

The Chestnut-breasted Nigrita (Nigrita bicolor) is a 10 g forest bird that eats a bit of everything. It stays put all year.

Family

Waxbills, Munias & Allies

Order

Passeriformes

Weight

10 g

Habitat

Forest

Diet

Omnivore

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

19

Recorded in Ghana, Côte d'Ivoire, Uganda, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cameroon, Nigeria, Liberia, Gabon, Sierra Leone, Central African Rep., Eq. Guinea, Angola, Guinea, Republic of the Congo, Sao Tome and Principe, Guinea-Bissau, Senegal, Benin, Togo.

Where to see it: Sangha lodge (2,9860,16,2323) (Central African Republic); Ankasa NP (Ghana); Sangha Lodge (Central African Republic); Gola Rainforest NP · East (Sierra Leone); Taï National Park (Côte d'Ivoire).

Photo: (c) Nathan Mesnildrey, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist