Sporopipes squamifrons   Scaly-feathered Finch  Baardmannetjie
Scaly-feathered Finch
Marseilles, Jun 2018

A breeding resident. An arid savanna species, it occurs widely and is locally common in the surrounding thorn savanna, ranging narrowly in the fringes of the Waterberg where thornveld occurs (14% in, 84% out; recorded in 25% of the Waterberg pentads); occurs singly, in pairs or in small flocks. Breeds at any time of the year.
Scaly-feathered Finch Waterberg distribution

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