| Grey-headed silverbill | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Estrildidae |
| Genus: | Spermestes |
| Species: | S. griseicapilla
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| Binomial name | |
| Spermestes griseicapilla (Delacour, 1943)
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| Synonyms | |
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Odontospiza griseicapilla | |
The grey-headed silverbill (Spermestes griseicapilla), also known as pearl-headed mannikin, is a species of estrildid finch found in eastern Africa, Ethiopia, Kenya, South Sudan, and Tanzania. It has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 400,000 km2. It was formerly usually placed in the monotypic genus Odontospiza as Odontospiza caniceps and sometimes placed in the genus Lonchura.
- ^ BirdLife International (2012). "Odontospiza griseicapilla". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.