Black-headed Waxbill

Black-headed Waxbill

Taxobox
name = Black-headed Waxbill



status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Passeriformes
familia = Estrildidae
genus = "Estrilda"
species = "E. atricapilla"
binomial = "Estrilda atricapilla"
binomial_authority = Verreaux & Verreaux, 1851

The Black-headed Waxbill ("Estrilda atricapilla") is a common species of estrildid finch found in central Africa. It has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 620,000 km².

It is found in Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, the Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda. The status of the species is evaluated as Least Concern.

The eastern subspecies "E. a. kandti" is sometimes treated as a separate species, Kandt's Waxbill.

References

* [http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=8659&m=0 BirdLife Species Factsheet]


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