The West African seedeater (''Crithagra canicapilla'') is a small

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finch The true finches are small to medium-sized passerine birds in the family Fringillidae. Finches have stout conical bills adapted for eating seeds and nuts and often have colourful plumage. They occupy a great range of habitats where they are usua ...

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. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, southern Mali and northern Ivory Coast across to southern Niger and northern Cameroon. Some authorities have considered the West African seedeater as a subspecies of the streaky-headed seedeater (''Crithagra gularis''). Three subspecies are recognised: * ''C. c. canicapilla'' ( Du Bus de Gisignies, 1855) * ''C. c. elgonensis'' ( Ogilvie-Grant, 1912) * ''C. c. montanorum'' ( Bannerman, 1923)

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