Lavender waxbill
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Lavender waxbill | |
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Gambia | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Estrildidae |
Genus: | Glaucestrilda |
Species: | G. caerulescens
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Binomial name | |
Glaucestrilda caerulescens (Vieillot, 1817)
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Synonyms | |
Estrilda caerulescens |
The lavender waxbill (Glaucestrilda caerulescens) is a common species of estrildid finch native to Central Africa and successfully introduced on Hawai'i. It has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 620,000 km2 (240,000 sq mi).
Habitat
It is found in subtropical/tropical (lowland) dry shrubland habitats in Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Côte d'Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sudan, Togo and the United States (Hawaii island only). The IUCN has classified the species as being of least concern.[1]
References
- ^ a b BirdLife International (2018). "Glaucestrilda coerulescens[sic]". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22719518A131994177. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22719518A131994177.en. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
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