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Abyssinian Waxbill
Photo by volker sthamer
Hawassa, Ethiopia

Estrilda paludicola

Includes Abyssinian Waxbill (Estrilda ochrogaster)

Identification

Length 11-12 cm
A plain waxbill with an orange bill.

Distribution

Africa: Southern Gabon, southern Congo, Angola, DRC, Zambia, western Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda, western Kenya, southern[Sudan]], South Sudan, Ethiopia.

Subspecies

Estrilda paludicola has six subspecies:¹

• E. p. ochrogaster

• Western Ethiopia and eastern South Sudan
• Considered a separate species (Abyssinian Waxbill) by Gill & Wright² and Sibley & Monroe³

• E. p. roseicrissa

• Southern Uganda to Rwanda, Burundi and extreme north-western Tanzania

• E. p. marwitzi

• Western Tanzania

• E. p. paludicola

• Central African Republic, southern Sudan, western South Sudan, northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, northern and central Uganda, and western Kenya

• E. p. ruthae

• South-eastern Gabon to central DRC

• E. p. benguellensis

• Central Angola to southern DRC, northern Zambia and adjacent Tanzania

Habitat

Grassy savanna, highland grassland and heath, and rank vegetation, often near water.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2017. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017, with updates to August 2017. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Gill, F and M Wright. 2008. Birds of the World: Recommended English Names. Princeton University Press, Princeton NJ, USA. 2006. ISBN 9780691128276. Update (2008) downloaded from http://worldbirdnames.org/names.html.
3. Sibley, CG and BL Monroe. 1996. Birds of the World, on diskette, Windows version 2.0. Charles G. Sibley, Santa Rosa, CA, USA.
4. Sinclair, I and P Ryan. 2003. Birds of Africa South of the Sahara. Princeton: Princeton Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0691118154

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Fawn-breasted Waxbill. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 5 June 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Fawn-breasted_Waxbill

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