Quailfinch bird informationValues
Conservation statusLC - Least concern
SynonymsAfrican Quailfinch, African or Red-billed Quailfinch
Old latin name for birdFringilla atricollis
OrderPerching birds / Passeriformes
FamilyWaxbills, Munias & Allies / Estrildidae
GenusOrtygospiza
Breeding regionAfrica
Breeding subregionSub-Saharan Africa

Quailfinch bird sounds *

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  • 1.
    Call, © Bram Piot
    Senegal
  • 2.
    Call, © Andrew Spencer
    Ethiopia
  • 3.
    Call, © Andrew Spencer
    Ethiopia
  • 4.
    Call, © Peter Boesman
    Zambia
  • 5.
    Flight call, © Faansie Peacock
    South Africa
  • 6.
    Call, flight call, © Lynette Rudman
    South Africa
  • 7.
    Song, © Jude Allport
    Mozambique
  • 8.
    Flight call, © Tim Cockcroft
    South Africa
  • 9.
    Call, © Peter Boesman
    Zambia
  • 10.
    Flight call, © Tim Cockcroft
    South Africa
* All sounds were found via Xeno-canto.org API

Where to see Quailfinch

Quailfinch subspecies (11)

SubspeciesBreeding subregionNonbreeding subregionExtinct
Ortygospiza atricollis ansorgeiGambia and s Senegal to Togo-No
Ortygospiza atricollis atricolliss Mauritania and Senegal to Chad and Cameroon-No
Ortygospiza atricollis digressae Zimbabwe, s Mozambique and South Africa-No
Ortygospiza atricollis dorsostriatae DR Congo and s, w Uganda-No
Ortygospiza atricollis fuscatan Angola, s DR Congo and nw Zambia-No
Ortygospiza atricollis fuscocrissaEritrea and Ethiopia-No
Ortygospiza atricollis gabonensisGabon to c DR Congo-No
Ortygospiza atricollis muelleris Kenya to Angola, Namibia and s Botswana-No
Ortygospiza atricollis pallidan Botswana-No
Ortygospiza atricollis smithersine Zambia-No
Ortygospiza atricollis ugandaes Sudan, Uganda and w Kenya-No

Translation

LanguageTranslation
AfrikaansGewone Kwartelvinkie
Catalanbec de corall ratllat
Chinese黑喉鹑雀, 黑领鹑雀
Chinese (Traditional)黑頦鶉雀
Croatianprugastoboka estrilda
Czechastrild černohrdlý
DanishVagtelastrild
DutchKwartelastrild
EsperantoNigrakola ortigospizo
Estonianniidu-vuttamadiin
Finnishtöpöpeippo
FrenchAstrild-caille à face noire, Astrild-caille à lunettes ou A.-c. à gorge noire, Astrild-caille à lunettes
GermanWachtelastrild
Hungarianfürjasztrild
IcelandicHænufinka
ItalianFringuello quaglia africano
Japaneseシャコスズメ
Lithuanianpaprastoji putpelinė astrilda
Norwegiangressastrild, Gressastrild, vaktelastrild
Polishtrawinek zmienny
Portuguesebico-de-lacre-codorniz
RussianОбыкновенный перепелиный астрильд, Перепелиный астрильд
SerbianPrepeličasta astrilda
Slovakastrilda zebrovitá
SpanishEstrilda codorniz
SwahiliMshigi Koo-jeusi
Swedishvaktelastrild
TurkishBıldırcın Mumgagası
Ukrainianлуговик чорнощокий