Lavender Waxbill
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| Lavender Waxbill | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Estrildidae |
| Genus: | Estrilda |
| Species: | E. caerulescens |
| Binomial name | |
| Estrilda caerulescens (Vieillot, 1817) |
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The Lavender Waxbill (Estrilda caerulescens) is a common species of estrildid finch native to Central Africa and widely introduced in the USA. It has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 620,000 km².
[edit] Habitat
It is found in subtropical/ tropical (lowland) dry shrubland habitats in Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Côte d'Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sudan, Togo & USA (breeding). The status of the species is evaluated as Least Concern.
[edit] Origin
Origin and phylogeny has been obtained by Antonio Arnaiz-Villena et al.[1] Estrildinae may have originated in India and dispersed thereafter (towards Africa and Pacific Ocean habitats).
[edit] References
- ^ 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". The Open Ornithology Journal 2: 29–36. http://chopo.pntic.mec.es/biolmol/publicaciones/Estrildinae_finches_2009.pdf.
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Categories:
- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Estrildidae
- Birds of Africa
- Birds of Benin
- Birds of Burkina Faso
- Birds of Cameroon
- Birds of the Central African Republic
- Birds of Chad
- Birds of Côte d'Ivoire
- Birds of the Gambia
- Birds of Ghana
- Birds of Guinea
- Birds of Guinea-Bissau
- Birds of Liberia
- Birds of Mali
- Birds of Niger
- Birds of Nigeria
- Birds of Senegal
- Birds of Sudan
- Birds of Togo
- Estrildidae stubs
