Shelley's Oliveback

Nesocharis shelleyi

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernInvertebratesForestCavity nestTiny · 8 g

When to see the Shelley's Oliveback

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 9 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is March, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Shelley's Oliveback

Regular range

The map shades 3 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

About the Shelley's Oliveback

Shelley's oliveback, also known as the Fernando Po oliveback, is a species of estrildid finch found in Africa. It has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 55,000 km2.

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