Cinderella Waxbill
Glaucestrilda thomensis(Sousa, JA, 1888)
English (US) Cinderella Waxbill
The Cinderella Waxbill (Glaucestrilda thomensis) 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: western Angola to far northwestern Namibia (Cunene River)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Glaucestrilda thomensis
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Cinderella Waxbill
- Described by
- (Sousa, JA, 1888)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Estrelda thomensis
- Described by
- (Sousa, JA, 1888)
- Type locality
- Sao Tome Island [?].i
- Original description
- Jornal de Sciencias Mathematicas, Physicas e Naturaes. Publicado sob os Auspicios da Academia Real das Sciencas de Lisboa (1), 12 p.155
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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