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[[Yellow-bellied Waxbill]] is lumped with [[Swee Waxbill]] ''E. melanotis'' by some authorities.<sup>[[#References|1]]</sup> | [[Yellow-bellied Waxbill]] is lumped with [[Swee Waxbill]] ''E. melanotis'' by some authorities.<sup>[[#References|1]]</sup> | ||
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Rank vegetation; forest edge and plantations. | Rank vegetation; forest edge and plantations. | ||
Revision as of 08:21, 16 February 2009
- Estrilda quartinia
Identification
Distribution
Sub Saharan Africa.
Taxonomy
Estrilda quartinia has four subspecies:2
- E. q. bocagei
- Western Angola
- Regarded as a subspecies of Swee Waxbill by some3; may be a separate species4.
- E. q. quartinia
- E. q. kilimensis
- E. q. stuartirwini
- Southern Malawi and eastern Zimbabwe to northern Mozambique
Yellow-bellied Waxbill is lumped with Swee Waxbill E. melanotis by some authorities.1
Clements places this species in the genus Coccopygia.
Habitat
Rank vegetation; forest edge and plantations.
Behaviour
References
- BirdLife International. 2008. The BirdLife checklist of the birds of the world, with conservation status and taxonomic sources. Version 1. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/downloads/BirdLife_Checklist_Version_1.zip [.xls zipped 1 MB].
- Clements JF. 2007. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to October 2007. Cornell University Press. ISBN 9780801445019
- Gill F & Wright M. 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.
- Hockey PAR, Dean WRJ & Ryan PG (eds) 2005. Robert's Birds of Southern Africa, 7th edition. John Voelcker Bird Book Fund, Cape Town, South Africa. ISBN 0620340533
