Titmouse
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Great Titmouse ( N. shelleyi ) |
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| Alexander , 1903 |
Meisenastrilde ( Nesocharis ) are a genus from the family of the finches . The three species of this genus all have gray and olive-yellow plumage with black and white markings.
Titmouse are tree dwellers that have pointed black beaks and, like their closely related blackbirds , live primarily on insects. Like these, they are native to Africa.
distribution
Within the genus of the Meisenastrilde, the Weißwangenastrild has the largest distribution area. It ranges from Gambia in West Africa through Nigeria and Cameroon to southern Sudan . The bird can also be found in Uganda and northern Zaire . The collared deer , on the other hand, only lives in northeastern Zaire to Uganda and in northern Burundi . The distribution area of the titmouse , which occurs in the highlands of Cameroon, is even smaller .
species
- White-cheeked tiger ( N. capistrata )
- Collared turtle ( N. ansorgei )
- Great Titmouse ( N. shelleyi )
literature
- Horst Bielfeld : The finch book. All species, their keeping, care and breeding. Eugen Ulmer Verlag, Stuttgart 1996, ISBN 3-8001-7327-1 .
- C. Hilary Fry and Stuart Keith (Eds.): The Birds of Africa. Volume VII. Christopher Helm, London 2004, ISBN 0-7136-6531-9 .
- Jürgen Nicolai (Ed.), Joachim Steinbacher (Ed.), Renate van den Elzen, Gerhard Hofmann, Claudia Mettke-Hofmann: Prachtfinken - Afrika , Series Handbuch der Vogelpflege, Eugen Ulmer Verlag, Stuttgart 2007, ISBN 978-3-8001- 4964-3
