Avibase: Spermestes griseicapilla (Grey-headed Silverbill)

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Grey-headed Silverbill

Spermestes griseicapilla (Delacour, JT 1943)

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Partial list of sound recordings available from xeno-canto & macaulaylibrary.org.

Species name	Recordist	Date	Location	Remarks	Cat.nr.
Grey-headed Silverbill - Spermestes griseicapilla	Peter Boesman	2019-10-28	Kilimanjaro Golf and Wildlife Estate, Usa River, Arusha, Arusha (Tanzania)	call - Calls of a group.	510279 xeno-canto.org
Grey-headed Silverbill - Spermestes griseicapilla	Peter Boesman	2019-10-28	Kilimanjaro Golf and Wildlife Estate, Usa River, Arusha, Arusha (Tanzania)	call - [sono]	510277 xeno-canto.org
Grey-headed Silverbill - Spermestes griseicapilla	Peter Boesman	2019-10-28	Kilimanjaro Golf and Wildlife Estate, Usa River, Arusha, Arusha (Tanzania)	call - [sono]	510281 xeno-canto.org
Gray-headed Silverbill - Odontospiza griseicapilla	Andrew Spencer	2015-01-07	Wachile to Yabello road, Oromia, Ethiopia, Oromia (Ethiopia)	- calls from a flock of four birds flying away in dense thornscrub.	33722031 macaulaylibrary.org
Grey-headed Silverbill - Spermestes griseicapilla	Peter Boesman	2019-10-28	Kilimanjaro Golf and Wildlife Estate, Usa River, Arusha, Arusha (Tanzania)	call - Calls of a group.	510280 xeno-canto.org
Grey-headed Silverbill - Spermestes griseicapilla	Guido O. Keijl	2015-01-18	Borena, Oromia, Oromia (Ethiopia) (1600 m)	call, flight call - High 'see' of perched individual, flying off in the end of recording (last two calls). bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	294880 xeno-canto.org
Grey-headed Silverbill - Spermestes griseicapilla	Peter Boesman	2019-10-28	Kilimanjaro Golf and Wildlife Estate, Usa River, Arusha, Arusha (Tanzania)	call - Calls in flight.	510278 xeno-canto.org
Grey-headed Silverbill - Spermestes griseicapilla	Andrew Spencer	2015-01-07	Yabello - Arero Road, 27 km east of Yabello, Oromia (Ethiopia) (1500 m)	call - natural vocalization; calls from a flock of four birds flying away in dense thornscrub. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	210036 xeno-canto.org
Grey-headed Silverbill - Spermestes griseicapilla	Hans Matheve	2015-12-21	Buduluk, Oromia, Oromia (Ethiopia) (1500 m)	call - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	306027 xeno-canto.org
Gray-headed Silverbill - Spermestes griseicapilla	David Weber	2026-01-27	, Meru (Tanzania)	-	650831503 macaulaylibrary.org

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