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When to see the Western Bluebill
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 10 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is November, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Western Bluebill
The map shades 16 countries with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
Recorded as a rare visitor in Togo.
About the Western Bluebill
The western bluebill is a common species of estrildid finch found in Africa. It has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 1,900,000 km2.
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Easily confused with
Red-headed BluebillSpermophaga ruficapillaThe red-headed bluebill is a common species of estrildid finch found in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Grant's BluebillSpermophaga poliogenysGrant's bluebill is a species of estrildid finch found in forests in central Africa in subtropical forests or in moist lowlands.
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