Waxbills, Munias & Allies

Grey-headed Nigrita

Nigrita canicapillus

The Grey-headed Nigrita (Nigrita canicapillus) is a 19 g forest bird that eats mostly insects and other invertebrates. It stays put all year.

Family

Waxbills, Munias & Allies

Order

Passeriformes

Weight

19 g

Habitat

Forest

Diet

Omnivore

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

19

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

Where to see it: Tower Hill, Liberia, West Africa (Liberia); Sangha lodge (2,9860,16,2323) (Central African Republic); African Bible College University campus (Liberia); BBPP Research Station · Moka (Equatorial Guinea); Mopri (Côte d'Ivoire).

Photo: (c) Tristan Jobin, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist