Fawn-breasted Waxbill

Fawn-breasted Waxbill

Taxobox
name = Fawn-breasted Waxbill
color = pink
status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Passeriformes
familia = Estrildidae
genus = "Estrilda"
species = "E. paludicola"
binomial = "Estrilda paludicola"
binomial_authority = (Heuglin, 1863)

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 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.

References

[http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=8650&m=0 BirdLife Species Factsheet]


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