Black-rumped waxbill
The black-rumped waxbill (Estrilda troglodytes) is a common species of estrildid finch found in Southern Africa. It has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 2,000,000 km2.
| Black-rumped waxbill | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Estrildidae |
| Genus: | Estrilda |
| Species: | E. troglodytes |
| Binomial name | |
| Estrilda troglodytes (Lichtenstein, MHC, 1823) | |
It is found in Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Eritrea, Ethiopia, France (introduced by Guadeloupe), Gambia, Ghana, Guadeloupe, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Portugal (introduced), Puerto Rico, Senegal, Sudan, Togo, Uganda, United States (introduced in Puerto Rico) and Virgin Islands (possibly extirpated). And recently witnessed (on 20 September 2019) by a bird watcher Santhana Srinivasan on Kingdom of Bahrain. The status of the species is evaluated as Least Concern.
Taxonomy edit
The black-rumped waxbill was first described by Hinrich Lichtenstein in 1823, and at the time was placed in the Fringilla genus.[2] When the Estrilda genus was described in 1850, this species was moved there.[3] It was at one point thought to be conspecific with the Arabian waxbill.[4]
References edit
- ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Estrilda troglodytes". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22719570A131994849. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22719570A131994849.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ Baird, Spencer Fullerton; Lichtenstein, Hinrich; Starcke, Johann Friedrich (1823). "Verzeichniss der Doubletten des Zoologischen Museums der Königl. Universität zu Berlin : nebst Beschreibung vieler bisher unbekannter Arten von Säugethieren, Vögeln, Amphibien und Fischen / herausgegben von H. Lichtenstein". Doubletten Zoologischen Museums. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.40281. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
- ^ Bock, Walter J. (1994). History and Nomenclature of Avian Family-Group Names. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. Vol. 222. New York: American Museum of Natural History. pp. 117, 156, 218, 228. hdl:2246/830.
- ^ Payne, Robert B. (4 March 2020). Del Hoyo, Josep; Elliott, Andrew; Sargatal, Jordi; Christie, David; De Juana, Eduardo (eds.). "Arabian Waxbill (Estrilda rufibarba)". Birds of the World. doi:10.2173/bow.arawax1.01. S2CID 216251734. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
- BirdLife Species Factsheet