Black-faced Quail-Finch

Ortygospiza atricollis (Vieillot, 1817) — also called Black-faced Quailfinch, Quailfinch, African Quailfinch. Occurrence records of the Black-faced Quail-Finch are shared on GBIF from around 17 parks and reserves in the directory, most of all Free State National Botanical Garden (198 records), in 5 provinces.

IUCN: Least concernEstrildidae

17reserves with records

1 018records around them

5provinces

LCIUCN category

Black-faced Quail-Finch (Ortygospiza atricollis) — Photo: Steve Garvie from Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Where it is recorded

Reserve	Province	Records
Free State National Botanical GardenBotanical garden	FS Free State	198
Borakalalo Game ReserveGame reserve	GP Gauteng	151
Sneeuwberg Protected EnvironmentProtected area	FS Free State	141
Ingula Nature ReserveNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	136
Faan Meintjes Nature ReserveNature reserve	NW North West	125
Verloren Valei Nature ReserveProtected area	MP Mpumalanga	70
Bolt's FarmProtected heritage site	GP Gauteng	61
Greater Lakenvlei Protected EnvironmentProtected area	MP Mpumalanga	40
Middelpunt Nature ReserveProtected area	MP Mpumalanga	40
Ntsikeni Nature ReserveGame reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	29
Kareekloof Game FarmPrivate game reserve	NW North West	7
Loteni Nature ReserveNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	5
Nooitgedacht Dam Nature ReserveNature reserve	MP Mpumalanga	4
Boskop Dam Nature ReserveNature reserve	NW North West	4
Heyns PrivaatnatuurreserveNature reserve	MP Mpumalanga	3
Blougat Municipal Nature ReserveNature reserve	GP Gauteng	2
Vergelegen Nature ReserveNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	2

By province

Mpumalanga: 5 reserves
KwaZulu-Natal: 4 reserves
Gauteng: 3 reserves
North West: 3 reserves
Free State: 2 reserves

Taxonomy

Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Estrildidae
Scientific name: Ortygospiza atricollis
GBIF taxon: 2493711
Wikidata: Q1300537

More of the Estrildidae family

Common Waxbill Blue Waxbill Bronze Mannikin Swee Waxbill African Firefinch Green-winged Pytilia Jameson's Firefinch Red-billed Firefinch Red-headed Finch Violet-eared Waxbill Black-and-white Mannikin Cut-throat Finch Black-faced Waxbill Pink-throated Twinspot Green Twinspot Grey Waxbill Orange-breasted Waxbill

Source: GBIF.org occurrence records within the radius of each reserve's point; taxonomy and IUCN category from the GBIF backbone; photo from Wikimedia Commons, credit on the picture. Records near a reserve do not prove the species lives inside it.