Fawn-breasted Waxbill
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| Fawn-breasted Waxbill | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Estrildidae |
| Genus: | Estrilda |
| Species: | E. paludicola |
| 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).
[edit] Habitat
The Fawn-breasted Waxbill is commonly found in subtropical/ tropical (lowland) wet grassland habitsts in Angola, Burundi, Central African Republic, the Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Kenya, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda & Zambia. However, it also inhabits dry forest and dry shrubland habitats. The status of the species is evaluated as Least Concern.
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Categories:
- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Estrildidae stubs
- Estrildidae
- Birds of Africa
- Birds of Angola
- Birds of Burundi
- Birds of the Central African Republic
- Birds of the Republic of the Congo
- Birds of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Birds of Ethiopia
- Birds of Gabon
- Birds of Kenya
- Birds of Rwanda
- Birds of Sudan
- Birds of Tanzania
- Birds of Uganda
- Birds of Zambia
- Birds of Zimbabwe
