Lavender Waxbill
Glaucestrilda caerulescens(Vieillot, LJP, 1817)
English (US) Lavender Waxbill
The Lavender Waxbill (Glaucestrilda caerulescens) 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: Senegambia to southwestern Chad, northern Cameroon, and Central African RepublicRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Glaucestrilda caerulescens
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Lavender Waxbill
- Described by
- (Vieillot, LJP, 1817)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Fringilla caerulescens
- Described by
- (Vieillot, LJP, 1817)
- Type locality
- Zone Torride; Senegal, designated by W. L. Sclater, 1930, Syst. Av. Aethiop., p. 800.
- Original description
- Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle, appliquée aux arts, à l'agriculture, à l'économie rurale et domestique, à la médecine, etc. Nouvelle édition 12 p.176
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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