Black-tailed Waxbill (Estrilda perreini)

Other Names (World)
Black-tailed Waxbill, Black-tailed Finch, Black-tailed Lavender Finch, Grey Waxbill, Gray Waxbill, Black-tailed Grey Waxbill, Black-tailed Gray Waxbill, Black-tailed Lavender Waxbill, Lavender Waxbill(!)

Family
Estrildidae (Waxbills)

Size
10 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Vieillot, 1817)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist shrubland.

Range (Guide)

Angola, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Gabon, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania [United Republic of], Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (1)...)

Grey Waxbill (Estrilda perreini) [XC660749]
by id from Mutinondo Wilderness area, Northern Province, Zambia (call)

Grey Waxbill (Estrilda perreini) [XC660748]
by Dries Van de Loock from Mutinondo Wilderness area, Northern Province, Zambia (call)

Subspecies
Has been thought to form a superspecies with Lavender Waxbill (Estrilda coerulescens), possibly with Cinderella Waxbill (Estrilda thomensis) included in same grouping.

Proposed subspecies poliogastra (described from Inhambane, in southern Mozambique) is treated as a synonym of incana.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

perreini (Vieillot, 1817) - Southern Gabon, southern PRCongo, southern and eastern DRCongo, Angola, Zambia, southern Tanzania and Malawi.
incana Sundevall, 1850 - Southern Malawi, eastern Zimbabwe, Mozambique, northern and eastern South Africa and eastern Swaziland.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Black-tailed Waxbill (Estrilda perreini) - 10 files

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