Waxbills, Munias & Allies

Grey-headed Silverbill

Odontospiza griseicapilla

The Grey-headed Silverbill (Odontospiza griseicapilla) is a 15 g scrub bird that eats mostly seeds. It stays put all year.

Family

Waxbills, Munias & Allies

Order

Passeriformes

Weight

15 g

Habitat

Shrubland

Diet

Plants and seeds

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

6

Recorded in Kenya, Tanzania, Ethiopia, United States, S. Sudan, ZZ.

Where to see it: Serengeti NP (Tanzania); Samburu NR (General - please use more specific hotspot if possible) (Kenya); Tarangire NP (Tanzania); Lake Ziway · southwestern shore (Ethiopia); Amboseli NP (Kenya).

Photo: (c) Edmundas Greimas, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist