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title: "African Silverbill"
description: "Euodice cantans — Uccelli. The African silverbill (Euodice cantans) is a small passerine bird formerly considered conspecific with the Asian species Indian silverbill, (Euodice malabarica)."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/african-silverbill
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# African Silverbill

> Euodice cantans — Uccelli. The  African silverbill  (Euodice cantans) is a small passerine bird formerly considered conspecific with the Asian species  Indian silverbill, (Euodice malabarica).

- Scientific name: *Euodice cantans*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `savanna` (Savana)
- iNaturalist observations: 1498
- Wikidata: [Q994413](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q994413)
- iNaturalist taxon: [145351](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/145351)

## Names

- en: African Silverbill
- de: Afrikanischer Silberschnabel
- es: Capuchino Picoplata Africano
- fr: Capucin bec-d'argent
- pt: Bico-de-chumbo-africano
- pl: Srebrnodziobek afrykański

## Countries with the most observations

US (613), DZ (307), SN (146), OM (52), BJ (46), SA (32), ET (28), KE (26), GM (21), NG (20), BF (19), NE (19)

## Summary

The  African silverbill  (Euodice cantans) is a small passerine bird formerly considered conspecific with the Asian species  Indian silverbill, (Euodice malabarica). This estrildid finch is a common resident breeding bird in dry savanna habitat, south of the Sahara Desert. This species has also been introduced to other countries such as Portugal, Qatar and United States.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_silverbill

## Photo

![African Silverbill](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/african-silverbill/medium.jpg)

Photo: Damien Wallace · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/263716253

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/african-silverbill?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).