Arabian Waxbill
Estrilda rufibarba(Cabanis, JL, 1851)
English (US) Arabian Waxbill
The Arabian Waxbill (Estrilda rufibarba) 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: southwestern Arabian PeninsulaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Estrilda rufibarba
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Arabian Waxbill
- Described by
- (Cabanis, JL, 1851)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- H[abropyga] rufibarba
- Described by
- (Cabanis, JL, 1851)
- Type locality
- Arabia.
- Original description
- Museum Heineanum. Verzeichniss der orithologischen Sammlung des Oberamtmann Ferdinand Heine 1 p.169
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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