Black-rumped Waxbill
Estrilda troglodytes(Lichtenstein, MHC, 1823)
English (US) Black-rumped Waxbill
The Black-rumped Waxbill (Estrilda troglodytes) 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: southern Mauritania and Senegambia eastward to southern Sudan, South Sudan, Eritrea, Uganda, and western Kenya; also widely introduced, to Spain, Japan, Hawaiian Islands, Puerto Rico, Guadeloupe, and Martinique (both in central Lesser Antilles)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Estrilda troglodytes
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Black-rumped Waxbill
- Described by
- (Lichtenstein, MHC, 1823)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- F[ringilla] Troglodytes
- Described by
- (Lichtenstein, MHC, 1823)
- Type locality
- Senegambia.
- Original description
- Verzeichniss der Doubletten des zoologischen Museums der Königl. Universität zu Berlin nebst Beschreibung vieler bisher unbekannter Arten von Säugethieren, Vögeln, Amphibien und Fischen p.26
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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