Fawn-breasted waxbill
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| Species: | E. paludicola
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| 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 Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Kenya, 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 species factsheet
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- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Estrilda
- 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
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