Black-headed waxbill
| Black-headed waxbill | |
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| at Sabyinyo Silverback Lodge Rwanda | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Estrildidae |
| Genus: | Estrilda |
| Species: | E. atricapilla
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| Binomial name | |
| Estrilda atricapilla Verreaux & Verreaux, 1851
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The black-headed waxbill (Estrilda atricapilla) is a common species of estrildid finch found in central Africa. It has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 620,000 km2.
It is found in Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, the Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda. The IUCN has classified the species as being of least concern.
The eastern subspecies E. a. kandti is sometimes treated as a separate species, Kandt's waxbill.
References[]
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Estrilda atricapilla". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T103813598A104207948. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T103813598A104207948.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
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- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Estrilda
- Birds of Central Africa
- Birds described in 1851
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