African quailfinch
The African quailfinch, spectacled quailfinch, or white-chinned quailfinch (Ortygospiza atricollis fuscocrissa), is a common species of estrildid finch found in eastern and southern Africa. Some taxonomists consider it to be conspecific with the black-faced quailfinch and the black-chinned quailfinch, others consider all three species to be conspecific.
| African quailfinch | |
|---|---|
| O. a. fuscocrissa, male, at Suikerbosrand, South Africa | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Estrildidae |
| Genus: | Ortygospiza |
| Species: | |
| Subspecies: | O. a. fuscocrissa |
| Trinomial name | |
| Ortygospiza atricollis fuscocrissa (Heuglin, 1863) | |
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