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Spermestes cucullata · Family Estrildidae
Spermestes cucullata
Family Estrildidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Estrildidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 238,086
- Countries and territories with records
- 55
About this species
This species has 238,086 occurrence records from 55 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from South Africa (51.3%), Kenya (8.2%), Uganda (6%), Puerto Rico (4.6%) and Zimbabwe (4.1%); together they account for 74.2% of the total. In South Africa, this species accounts for 0.31% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Spermestes cucullata combines the genus name Spermestes with the species epithet cucullata. The Warbla app catalog lists 4 species of the genus Spermestes; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Spermestes bicolor, Spermestes fringilloides and Spermestes griseicapilla.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 120 species of the family Estrildidae. This species ranks 5th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Lonchura punctulata. Its record count is 5.4 times the family average (44,065). The family Estrildidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.