Waxbills, Munias & Allies

Pale-fronted Nigrita

Nigrita luteifrons

The Pale-fronted Nigrita (Nigrita luteifrons) is a 13 g forest bird that eats mostly insects and other invertebrates. It stays put all year.

Family

Waxbills, Munias & Allies

Order

Passeriformes

Weight

13 g

Habitat

Forest

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

11

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

Where to see it: Dzanga-Sangha NP · Dzanga Bai (Central African Republic); Mt. Kupe (Cameroon); American University of Central Africa (AUCA) (Equatorial Guinea); Libreville · Résidence de France (Gabon); Ipassa Makokou Nature Reserve (Gabon).

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