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| Species Details [Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)] |
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Black-headed Waxbill* |
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Estrilda atricapilla |
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Description (10)
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Black-headed Waxbill
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Other Names (World)
Black-headed Waxbill, Grey-breasted Waxbill, Gray-breasted Waxbill
Family
Estrildidae (Waxbills)
Size
10 cm
First Described (Guide)
Verreaux & Verreaux, 1851
Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland dry grassland. From 1,500 - 3,050 m, occasionally upto 3,300 m.
Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic (B) (NB), Congo, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda.
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 (2012).
Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
Subspecies
Black-headed Waxbill (Estrilda atricapilla) and Kandt's Waxbill (Estrilda kandti) (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) have been lumped into Estrilda atricapilla following Dowsett and Forbes-Watson (1993).
Sometimes placed with Kandt's Waxbill (Estrilda kandti) and Black-crowned Waxbill (Estrilda nonnula) in a separate genus, Krimhilda. May form a superspecies with Kandt's Waxbill (Estrilda kandti), and formerly considered conspecific. Recent studies of mitochondrial phylogeny indicate that nominate subspecies and subspecies avakubi appear as a sister-clade to Black-crowned Waxbill (Estrilda nonnula) and nominate subspecies of Kandt's Waxbill (Estrilda kandti).
The following 5 subspecies are recognised:
- atricapilla Verreaux & Verreaux, 1851 - Southern Cameroon south to PRCongo, east to north-eastern DRCongo.
- avakubi Traylor, 1964 - North-western and north-eastern Angola (Cabinda, northern Lunda Norte) and south-western and central DRCongo.
- marungensis Prigogine, 1975 - Marungu Mts, in south-eastern DRCongo.
- kandti Verreaux and Verreaux, 1851 - Albertine Rift region in montane east-central DRCongo, Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi. Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Kandt's Waxbill (Estrilda kandti).
- keniensis Mearns, 1915 - Kenya (Mt Elgon, Aberdare Mts, Mt Kenya). Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Kandt's Waxbill (Estrilda kandti).
References
See References.
Files:
BirdLife International
For more information about the Black-headed Waxbill see...  BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
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