Lavender Waxbill

Lavender Waxbill

Taxobox
name = Lavender Waxbill
status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1


image_width = 240px
image_caption = "Lavender Waxbill"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Passeriformes
familia = Estrildidae
genus = "Estrilda"
species = "E. caerulescens"
binomial = "Estrilda caerulescens"
binomial_authority = (Vieillot, 1817)

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.

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.

References

[http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=8644&m=0 BirdLife Species Factsheet]


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