Black-crowned waxbill
| Black-crowned waxbill | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Estrildidae |
| Genus: | Estrilda |
| Species: | E. nonnula
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| Binomial name | |
| Estrilda nonnula Hartlaub, 1883
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The black-crowned waxbill (Estrilda nonnula) is a common species of estrildid finch found in western-central Africa. It has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 1,000,000 km2.
Subspecies[]
- E. n. elizae Alexander, 1903 : Bioko I.
- E. n. eisentrauti Wolters, 1964 : Mt. Cameroon
- E. n. nonnula Hartlaub, 1883 : se Nigeria and Cameroon to se Sudan, w Kenya and nw Tanzania
Origin[]
Origin and phylogeny has been obtained by Antonio Arnaiz-Villena et al..[2] Estrildinae may have originated in India and dispersed thereafter (towards Africa and Pacific Ocean habitats).
References[]
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Estrilda nonnula". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22719589A94634584. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22719589A94634584.en. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
- ^ Arnaiz-Villena, A; Ruiz-del-Valle V; Gomez-Prieto P; Reguera R; Parga-Lozano C; Serrano-Vela I (2009). "Estrildinae Finches (Aves, Passeriformes) from Africa, South Asia and Australia: a Molecular Phylogeographic Study" (PDF). The Open Ornithology Journal. 2: 29–36. doi:10.2174/1874453200902010029.
External links[]
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- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Estrilda
- Birds of the Gulf of Guinea
- Birds of Central Africa
- Birds described in 1883
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