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