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African Chaffinch
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African Chaffinch

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African Chaffinch

Fringilla spodiogenys

The African chaffinch (Fringilla spodiogenys), is a species of passerine bird in the genus Fringilla. This species can be found in southwestern Morocco through Tunisia and into western Libya along the Mediterranean Coast and also has an isolated population in northeastern Libya near the coast. It was formerly considered a subspecies of the Common chaffinch, (Fringilla coelebs). Its habitat includes deciduous forests and lowlands, and during the nonbreeding season extends its habitat to open areas including...

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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 1504820.