- Black-rumped Waxbill
Taxobox
name = Black-rumped Waxbill
status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum =Animal ia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo =Passeriformes
familia =Estrildidae
genus = "Estrilda "
species = "E. troglodytes"
binomial = "Estrilda troglodytes"
binomial_authority = (Lichtenstein, 1823)The Black-rumped Waxbill ("Estrilda troglodytes") is a common species of
estrildid finch found in Southern Africa. It has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 2,000,000 km².It is found in
Benin ,Burkina Faso ,Cameroon ,Central African Republic ,Chad ,The Democratic Republic of the Congo ,Côte d'Ivoire ,Eritrea ,Ethiopia ,France (introduced by Guadeloupe),Gambia ,Ghana ,Guadeloupe ,Guinea ,Kenya ,Liberia ,Mali ,Mauritania ,Niger ,Nigeria ,Portugal (introduced),Puerto Rico ,Senegal ,Sudan ,Togo ,Uganda ,USA (introduced by Puerto Rico) &Virgin Islands (possibly extinct). The status of the species is evaluated asLeast Concern .References
* [http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=8655&m=0 BirdLife Species Factsheet]
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