The West African seedeater (Crithagra canicapilla) is a small passerine bird in the finch family. It is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, southern Mali and northern Ivory Coast across to southern Niger and northern Cameroon, with a disjunct population in South Sudan, Uganda and neighboring areas.
Some authorities have considered the West African seedeater as a subspecies of the streaky-headed seedeater (Crithagra gularis).
Three subspecies are recognised: C. c. canicapilla (Du Bus de Gisignies, 1855) C. c. elgonensis (Ogilvie-Grant, 1912) C. c. montanorum (Bannerman, 1923)
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