Glaucestrilda

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Glaucestrilda
Lavender waxbill (Estrilda caerulescens).jpg
Lavender waxbill (Glaucestrilda caerulescens)
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Estrildidae
Genus: Glaucestrilda
Roberts, 1922

Glaucestrilda is a genus of estrildid finch in the family Estrildidae. The genus is found in Africa.

Species[]

It contains the following species:

Image Scientific name Common Name Distribution
Lavender waxbill (Estrilda caerulescens).jpg Lavender waxbill Glaucestrilda caerulescens Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Côte d'Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sudan, Togo
Grey waxbill 2014 10 19 0452.jpg Grey waxbill Glaucestrilda perreini Angola, the Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia & Zimbabwe.
Estrilda thomensis.jpg Cinderella waxbill Glaucestrilda thomensis southwestern Angola around Namibe Province, north and east to southwest Huila Province and north to Fazenda do Cuito in Huambo and extreme northwestern Namibia.

See also[]

  • Birds of Africa
  • Estrildidae genera

References[]

  • International Ornithological Congress (July 25, 2020). "IOC World Bird List". Retrieved July 25, 2020.
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