Black-lored Waxbill
Estrilda nigrilorisChapin, JP, 1928
English (US) Black-lored Waxbill
The Black-lored Waxbill (Estrilda nigriloris) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Estrildidae (Munias, Parrotfinches, Waxbills, and Allies) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: swamps of southeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo; recently photographed after no published records since 1950Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Estrilda nigriloris
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Data Deficient
- English (US)
- Black-lored Waxbill
- Described by
- Chapin, JP, 1928
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Chapin, JP, 1928
- Type locality
- Kiabo, Lualaba River, Congo.
- Original description
- American Museum Novitates no.308 p.1
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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