Animalia > Chordata > Aves > Passeriformes > Estrildidae > Odontospiza > Odontospiza canicepsOdontospiza caniceps (Grey-headed Silverbill)Synonyms: Lonchura griseicapilla; Odontospiza griseicapilla; Spermestes griseicapilla The grey-headed silverbill (Odontospiza caniceps), also known as pearl-headed mannikin, is a species of estrildid finch found in eastern Africa, Ethiopia, Kenya, South Sudan, and Tanzania. It has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 400,000 km². It is now usually placed in the monotypic genus Odontospiza as Odontospiza caniceps. It is sometimes placed in the genus Lonchura. |
Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) Unique (100) Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) Unique & Vulnerable (100) ED Score: 4.90099 EDGE Score: 1.77512 |
| Adult Weight [1] | 15 grams | | Birth Weight [1] | 1.2 grams |  | | Diet [2] | Carnivore (Invertebrates), Granivore | | Diet - Invertibrates [2] | 20 % | | Diet - Seeds [2] | 80 % | | Forages - Canopy [2] | 30 % | | Forages - Mid-High [2] | 70 % |
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Location |
IBA Criteria |
Website |
Climate |
Land Use |
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Amboseli National Park |
Kenya |
A3 |
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Dawa: Wachile |
Ethiopia |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Imatong mountains |
Sudan |
A1, A3 |
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Juba |
Sudan |
A3 |
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Kidepo |
Sudan |
A3 |
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Lake Baringo |
Kenya |
A3 |
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Lake Bogoria National Reserve |
Kenya |
A1, A4i, A4iii |
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Lake Eyasi |
Tanzania |
A1, A4i, A4iii |
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Lake Magadi |
Kenya |
A1, A4i, A4iii |
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Lake Manyara National Park |
Tanzania |
A1, A2, A3, A4i, A4iii |
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Longido Game Controlled Area |
Tanzania |
A1, A3, A4i |
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Masai Mara |
Kenya |
A1, A2 |
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Meru National Park |
Kenya |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Mkomazi Game Reserve |
Tanzania |
A1, A3 |
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Ngorongoro Conservation Area |
Tanzania |
A1, A2, A3, A4i, A4ii, A4iii |
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Nyumba ya Mungu reservoir |
Tanzania |
A1, A3, A4i |
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Omo National Park |
Ethiopia |
A3 |
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Ruaha National Park |
Tanzania |
A3, A4i |
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Samburu and Buffalo Springs National Reserves |
Kenya |
A3 |
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Serengeti National Park |
Tanzania |
A1, A2, A3, A4i, A4iii |
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Shaba National Reserve |
Kenya |
A1, A2, A3 |
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South Nguruman |
Kenya |
A1, A2 |
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Tarangire National Park |
Tanzania |
A1, A2, A3, A4i |
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Tsavo East National Park |
Kenya |
A1, A3 |
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Tsavo West National Park |
Kenya |
A1, A3 |
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Usangu flats |
Tanzania |
A1, A3, A4i |
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Yabello Sanctuary |
Ethiopia |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Terje Lislevand, Jordi Figuerola, and Tamás Székely. 2007. Avian body sizes in relation to fecundity, mating system, display behavior, and resource sharing. Ecology 88:1605 ♦ 2Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027 Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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