Black-and-white munia / Glanzelsterchen (Spermestes bicolor)

Wikipedia: Black-and-white munia Source: WIKIPEDIA Black-and-white_Mannikin_%28Spermestes_bicolor%29_%287699911414%29%2C_crop.jpg

Observations

🔍 No documented observation

Description

Classification: Genus Spermestes (Spermestes); Subfamily Estrildinae (Estrildinae); Family Estrildidae (Estrildidae)
General: The black-and-white mannikin (Spermestes bicolor) or black-and-white munia, is a species of estrildid finch, widely occurring throughout the African tropical rainforest. It has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 4,200,000 km². It is found in moist savanna and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest habitat. The status of the species is evaluated as least concern. They are seedeaters, but are known to feed on algae.^[3] [more]