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Brown-backed Munia

Spermestes nigriceps Cassin, J 1852

The red-backed mannikin, also known as the brown-backed mannikin or brown-backed munia, is a common species of estrildid finch found in Africa. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Estrildidae
Genus:
   Spermestes
Scientific:
  Spermestes nigriceps

Original description

Citation:
  Cassin, J 1852

Reference:
   Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 6 p.185

Protonym:
  Spermestes nigriceps

Type locality:
  Zanzibar.

Link:
  https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1779721

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  A02BCF5ECF65DBF3

Avibase ID:
  avibase-A02BCF5E

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/A02BCF5E

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 560863

Geographic range:

  • Spermestes nigriceps [nigriceps or minor]: S Somalia to Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia and S Africa
  • Spermestes nigriceps woltersi: SE Democratic Republic of the Congo to nw Zambia
Source: Clements checklist
English:
Brown-backed Munia
Catalan:
maniquí blanc i negre
Czech:
stračka hnědohřbetá
Danish:
Brunrygget Skadefinke
German:
Braunrückenelsterchen
French:
Capucin à dos brun
Italian:
Cappuccino dorsobruno
Dutch:
Bruinrugekstertje
Norwegian:
Brunryggmannikin
Polish:
mniszka rdzawogrzbieta
Portuguese:
Freirinha-de-dorso-vermelho
Slovak:
mníška hrdzavochrbtá
Swedish:
rostryggig munia
Ukrainian:
сріблодзьоб східний
Chinese:
褐背文鸟
Chinese (Traditional):
棕背文鳥

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

African Bird Club Checklist 2004:
Brown-backed Mannikin ( Lonchura nigriceps) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Brown-backed Munia ( Spermestes nigriceps) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Brown-backed Munia ( Spermestes nigriceps) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Brown-backed Munia ( Lonchura nigriceps) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Brown-backed Munia ( Lonchura nigriceps) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Brown-backed Munia ( Spermestes nigriceps) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Brown-backed Munia ( Spermestes nigriceps) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Brown-backed Munia ( Spermestes nigriceps) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Brown-backed Munia ( Spermestes nigriceps) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Brown-backed Munia ( Spermestes nigriceps) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Brown-backed Munia ( Spermestes nigriceps) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 00:
Brown-backed Munia ( Lonchura nigriceps) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 01:
Brown-backed Munia ( Lonchura nigriceps) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 02:
Brown-backed Munia ( Lonchura nigriceps) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 03:
Brown-backed Munia ( Lonchura nigriceps) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 04:
Brown-backed Munia ( Lonchura nigriceps) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
Brown-backed Munia ( Lonchura nigriceps) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
Brown-backed Munia ( Lonchura nigriceps) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
Brown-backed Munia ( Lonchura nigriceps) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
Brown-backed Munia ( Lonchura nigriceps) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
Brown-backed Munia ( Lonchura nigriceps) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
Brown-backed Munia ( Lonchura nigriceps) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Capucin à dos brun ( Lonchura nigriceps) [version 1]
Clements 1st edition:
Rufous-backed Mannikin ( Lonchura nigriceps) [version 1]
Clements 4th edition:
Brown-backed Mannikin ( Lonchura nigriceps) [version 1]
eBird version 1.50:
Black-and-white Mannikin (Red-backed) ( Spermestes bicolor nigriceps/woltersi) [version 1]
eBird version 1.52:
Black-and-white Mannikin (Red-backed) ( Spermestes bicolor nigriceps/woltersi) [version 1]
eBird version 1.53:
Black-and-white Mannikin (Red-backed) ( Spermestes bicolor nigriceps/woltersi) [version 1]
eBird version 1.54:
Black-and-white Mannikin (Red-backed) ( Spermestes bicolor nigriceps/woltersi) [version 1]
eBird version 1.55:
Black-and-white Mannikin (Red-backed) ( Spermestes bicolor nigriceps/woltersi) [version 1]
eBird version 2015:
Black-and-white Mannikin (Red-backed) ( Spermestes bicolor nigriceps/woltersi) [version 1]
eBird version 2016:
Black-and-white Mannikin (Red-backed) ( Spermestes bicolor nigriceps/woltersi) [version 1]
eBird version 2017:
Black-and-white Mannikin (Red-backed) ( Spermestes bicolor nigriceps/woltersi) [version 1]
eBird version 2018:
Black-and-white Mannikin (Red-backed) ( Spermestes bicolor nigriceps/woltersi) [version 1]
eBird version 2019:
Black-and-white Mannikin (Red-backed) ( Spermestes bicolor nigriceps/woltersi) [version 1]
eBird version 2021:
Black-and-white Mannikin (Red-backed) ( Spermestes bicolor nigriceps/woltersi) [version 1]
eBird version 2022:
Black-and-white Mannikin (Red-backed) ( Spermestes bicolor nigriceps/woltersi) [version 1]
eBird version 2023:
Black-and-white Mannikin (Red-backed) ( Spermestes bicolor nigriceps/woltersi) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
Red-backed Mannikin ( Lonchura nigriceps) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1:
Red-backed Mannikin ( Lonchura nigriceps) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5:
Red-backed Mannikin ( Lonchura nigriceps) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6:
Red-backed Mannikin ( Lonchura nigriceps) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7:
Red-backed Mannikin ( Lonchura nigriceps) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0:
Red-backed Mannikin ( Lonchura nigriceps) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1:
Red-backed Mannikin ( Lonchura nigriceps) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2:
Red-backed Mannikin ( Lonchura nigriceps) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3:
Red-backed Mannikin ( Lonchura nigriceps) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4:
Red-backed Mannikin ( Lonchura nigriceps) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5:
Red-backed Mannikin ( Lonchura nigriceps) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6:
Red-backed Mannikin ( Lonchura nigriceps) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7:
Red-backed Mannikin ( Lonchura nigriceps) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8:
Red-backed Mannikin ( Lonchura nigriceps) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9:
Red-backed Mannikin ( Lonchura nigriceps) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10:
Red-backed Mannikin ( Lonchura nigriceps) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11:
Red-backed Mannikin ( Lonchura nigriceps) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2:
Red-backed Mannikin ( Lonchura nigriceps) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1:
Red-backed Mannikin ( Lonchura nigriceps) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2:
Red-backed Mannikin ( Spermestes nigriceps) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1:
Red-backed Mannikin ( Spermestes nigriceps) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2:
Red-backed Mannikin ( Spermestes nigriceps) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
Red-backed Mannikin ( Spermestes nigriceps) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
Red-backed Mannikin ( Spermestes nigriceps) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993):
Brown-backed Munia ( Lonchura nigriceps) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
Brown-backed Munia ( Lonchura nigriceps) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01:
Red-backed Mannikin ( Spermestes nigriceps) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.02:
Red-backed Mannikin ( Spermestes nigriceps) [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes a subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Spermestes [bicolor or nigriceps] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Related taxa

Alternative arrangements:  1  2  3 

Highlight taxa in a checklist (shown in red)

Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.


Afrikaans: Rooirugfret
Catalan: Maniquí blanc i negre, Maniquí blanc-i-negre
Czech: stračka hnědohřbetá
Danish: Brunrygget Skadefinke
German: Braunrückenelsterchen, Glanzelsterchen, Glanzelsterchen (nigriceps/woltersi)
English: Black-and-white Mannikin (Red-backed), Brown backed Munia, Brown-backed Mannikin, Brown-backed Munia, Chestnut-backed Munia, Red-backed Mannikin, Rufous-backed Mannikin, Rufous-backed Munia
English, HBW: Black-and-white Mannikin (Red-backed)
English (IOC): Red-backed Mannikin
English (United States): Black-and-white Mannikin (Red-backed)
English (South Africa): Red-backed Mannikin
Spanish: Capuchino Bicolor (nigriceps/woltersi), Capuchino de Lomo Castaño
Spanish (Spain): Capuchino Bicolor (nigriceps/woltersi)
Spanish (HBW): Black-and-white Mannikin (Red-backed)
Estonian: ruskselg-amadiin
French: Capucin à dos brun, Capucin bicolore (à dos brun), Capucin bicolore [nigriceps ou woltersi], Mannikin à dos rougeâtre, Spermète à bec bleu, Spermète à dos brun
Italian: Cappuccino dorsobruno
Japanese (romaji): kuroshichihou (nigriceps/woltersi)
Japanese: クロシチホウ (nigriceps/woltersi), クロシチホウ（nigriceps／woltersi）
Scientific: Amadina bicolor, Lonchura bicolor, Lonchura bicolor nigriceps, Lonchura nigriceps, Spermestes bicolor, Spermestes bicolor bicolor, Spermestes bicolor nigriceps, Spermestes bicolor nigriceps/woltersi, Spermestes nigriceps, Spermestes nigriceps nigriceps
Dutch: Bruinrugekstertje, Glansekstertje (nigriceps/woltersi)
Norwegian: Brunrygget bronsefink, Brunryggmannikin, svartryggmannikin (nigriceps/woltersi)
Polish: mniszka dwubarwna (nigriceps/woltersi), mniszka rdzawogrzbieta
Portuguese: Freirinha-de-dorso-vermelho
Portuguese (Portugal): freirinha-bicolor (nigriceps/woltersi)
Russian: Чёрно-белая муния (nigriceps/woltersi)
Slovak: mníška hrdzavochrbtá, mníška hrdzavochrbtá (skup.)
Serbian: Crvenoleđa sjajna svrakica
Swedish: Rödryggad manakin, rostryggig munia
Swahili: Tongo Kanga
Turkish: Alaca munya (nigriceps/woltersi)
Tsonga: Rijajani
Ukrainian: сріблодзьоб східний
Chinese: 褐背文鸟
Chinese (Traditional): 棕背文鳥

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