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[HBW - BirdLife (v3)] |
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Species Details [Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)] |
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Red-billed Quailfinch* |
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Ortygospiza gabonensis |
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Description (5)
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Red-billed Quailfinch
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Family
Estrildidae (Waxbills)
Size
9 cm
First Described (Guide)
Lynes, 1914
Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland dry grassland.
Angola, Burundi, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Rwanda, Tanzania [United Republic of], Uganda, Zambia.
Gabon east to central DRCongo.
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Status NR
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
Subspecies
African Quailfinch (Ortygospiza atricollis) and Red-billed Quailfinch (Ortygospiza gabonensis) (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) have been lumped as Ortygospiza atricollis following Payne and Sorenson (2007).
Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of African Quailfinch (Ortygospiza atricollis).
The following 3 subspecies are recognised:
- gabonensis Lynes, 1914 - Rio Muni to Gabon and central Democratic Republic of the Congo (Congo River). Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of African Quailfinch (Ortygospiza atricollis).
- fuscata Sclater, WL, 1932 - Northern Angola, southern DRCongo and north-western Zambia. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of African Quailfinch (Ortygospiza atricollis).
- dorsostriata van Someren, 1921 - Eastern DRCongo east to southern and western Uganda. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of African Quailfinch (Ortygospiza atricollis).
References
See References.
Files:
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