A gregarious finch found in small flocks
               ...in dry in patches of dry savanna in
               northeast Sub-Saharan Africa.
          
         
            
               Spermestes griseicapilla
            
               (L 4.5")
          
         
            
               Road from Lake Baringo
               to Lake Nakuru
            
               30Oct2014
          
         
            
               *aka Pearl-headed Mannikin
          
         
            
               Spermestes in Greek means
               seed eating; griseicapilla in
               Latin means gray capped.
          
         
         
            
               © Peter
               Boesman
            
               Macaulay
               Library