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[HBW - BirdLife (v3)] |
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Species Details [Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)] |
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Black-tailed Waxbill* |
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Estrilda perreini |
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Description (10)
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Black-tailed Waxbill
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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.
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.
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
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:
BirdLife International
For more information about the Black-tailed Waxbill see... BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
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