Fawn-breasted waxbill
| Fawn-breasted 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. paludicola
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| Binomial name | |
| Estrilda paludicola (Heuglin, 1863)
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The fawn-breasted waxbill (Estrilda paludicola) is a common species of estrildid finch found in central Africa. It has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 1,800,000 km2. Estrilda paludicola, E. ochrogaster and E. poliopareia have been lumped into E. paludicola (Dowsett and Forbes-Watson 1993).
Habitat[]
The fawn-breasted waxbill is commonly found in subtropical/tropical (lowland) wet grassland habitats in Angola, Burundi, Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Kenya, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia. However, it also inhabits dry forest and dry shrubland habitats. The IUCN has classified the species as being of least concern.
References[]
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Estrilda paludicola". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22719548A94632443. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22719548A94632443.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
BirdLife International species factsheet
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- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Estrilda
- Birds of Central Africa
- Birds of East Africa
- Birds described in 1863
- Taxa named by Theodor von Heuglin
- Estrildidae stubs