Birds of the World

    PASSERIFORMES: Estrildidae (Waxbills, Munias & Allies)  
Genus: Spermestes (4 species)


Black-and-white Mannikin
Black-and-white Mannikin (Spermestes bicolor)
Range: AF: Sub-Saharan Africa
South Africa  
 
Photograph by Bernie DUPONT     Copyright and usage info


Bronze Mannikin
Bronze Mannikin (Spermestes cucullata cucullata)
Range: AF: w, c, e, s
The Gambia  
   
Photograph by Steve Riall   © All Rights Reserved.


Magpie Mannikin
Magpie Mannikin (Spermestes fringilloides)
Range: AF: Senegal and Gambia to Liberia and e to Ethiopia and Kenya and s to South Africa
Butterfly World, Florida,  
 
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


Grey-headed Silverbill
Grey-headed Silverbill (Spermestes griseicapilla)
Range: AF: s South Sudan and s Ethiopia to c Tanzania
Ndutu, Tanzania  
 
Photograph by Nik Borrow     Copyright and usage info



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