• Synonyms Warbling Silverbill, Mauritanian Silverbill, Silverbill
  • Old latin name for bird Lonchura cantans, Loxia cantans

African Silverbillbird sounds *

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  • 1.
    Call, © Bram Piot
    Senegal
  • 2.
    Call, © Bram Piot
    Senegal
  • 3.
    Begging call, call, © Stanislas Wroza
    Oman
  • 4.
    Call, © Dan Lane
    United States
  • 5.
    Call, © Ross Gallardy
    United States
  • 6.
    Flight call, © Ross Gallardy
    United States
  • 7.
    Call, © Andrew Spencer
    Ethiopia
  • 8.
    Call, song, © Bram Piot
    Senegal
  • 9.
    Call?, © Herman van Oosten
    Oman
  • 10.
    Alarm call, call, © Oscar Campbell
    Oman
* All sounds were found via Xeno-canto.org API

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Where to see African Silverbill

  • Breeding region Africa
  • Breeding subregion w, c, e, also sw Arabian Pen.

African Silverbill subspecies (2)

SubspeciesBreeding subregionNonbreeding subregionExtinct
Euodice cantans cantansMauritania, Senegal and Gambia to s Sudan-No
Euodice cantans orientaliss Arabian Pen., e Sudan to Somalia and s to Tanzania-No

Species Name in Other Languages

LanguageTranslation
AfrikaansSilwerbekkie
BelarusianАфрыканскі серабардзюб
BulgarianАфриканска сивоклюна амадина, Африканска среброчовка
CatalanManiquí africà, maniquí bec d'argent
Chinese银嘴文鸟
Chinese (Traditional)非洲銀嘴文鳥
Croatiansrebrnastokljuna amadina
CzechAmadina stríbrozobá, stříbrozobka zpěvná
DanishAfrikansk Sølvnæb
DutchZilverbekje
EsperantoKanta eŭodico, Arĝentbekulo
Estonianaafrika leetamadiin
FinnishHopeanokkamanikki, hopeanokka
FrenchSpermète bec d'argent, Mannikin bec-d'argent, Bec-d'argent, Bec d'argent, Spermète bec-d'argent, Capucin bec-d'argent, Capucin bec d'argent, Capucin bec-d’argent
FrisianSulverbekje
GalicianBico de chumbo africano
GermanAfrika-Silberschnabel, Silberschnäbelchen, Afrikanischer Silberschnabel, Afrikasilberschnabel
GreekΑσημoράμφης
Hebrewכסוף-מקור אפריקני
Hungarianafrikai ezüstcsőrűpinty, ezüstcsőrű pinty
IcelandicSöngstrildi
IrishGealghob Afracach
ItalianBecco d'argento africano, Becco d'argento
Japaneseアフリカギンバシ
LatvianĀfrikas sudrabknābītis, Āfrikas subrabnibis
Lithuaniansidabrasnapė munija, Afrikinis sidabrasnapis
MacedonianАфриканска среброптица
Maltesesilverbill Afrikan
Northern SamiAfrihkásilbanjunni
NorwegianAfrikansk sølvnebb, savannesølvnebb, Afrikansk sølvnebbvever
Norwegian NynorskSavannesølvnebb
Polishsrebrnodziobek afrykanski, srebrnodziobek afrykański, srebnodziobek afrykanski
Portuguesebico-de-chumbo-africano
RomanianCioc de argint
RussianСеребряноклювая амадина
SerbianAfrička srebrokljuna zeba, Afrička srebrnokljuna zeba
Slovakmníška spevavá
Slovenianafriški srebrnokljunček
SpanishGorrión Picoplata Africano, Monjita Picoplata, Capuchino Africano, Capuchino picoplata africano
SwahiliTongo Domo-fedha
Swedishafrikansk silvernäbb
TurkishAfrika Gümüşgagası
Ukrainianсріблодзьоб чорногузий
WelshArianbig Affrica