Nigritas
Nigrita
The nigritas, formerly called negrofinches, are small passerine birds belonging to the genus Nigrita in the estrildid finch family Estrildidae. There are four species which occur in forest, secondary growth and scrubland in West, Central and East Africa.
4 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 4 known species
Grey-headed Nigrita
speciesNigrita canicapillus
White-breasted Nigrita
speciesNigrita fusconotus
Chestnut-breasted Nigrita
speciesNigrita bicolor
Pale-fronted Nigrita
speciesNigrita luteifrons
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 13758.