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;[[:Category:Coccopygia|Coccopygia]] quartinia
 
;[[:Category:Coccopygia|Coccopygia]] quartinia
 
''Estrilda quartinia''
 
''Estrilda quartinia''
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
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Length 9-10 cm.  A small waxbill with an olive back, red rump, grey head and breast and yellow belly. The upper mandible is black and the lower mandible red (diagnostic).
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Length 9-10 cm<br />
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A small waxbill with an olive back, red rump, grey head and breast and yellow belly. The upper mandible is black and the lower mandible red (diagnostic).
  
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
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Sub Saharan [[Africa]].
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[[Image:Yellow-bellied Waxbill ssp kilimensis .jpg|thumb|350px|right|Subspecies ''kilimensis''<br />Photo by {{user|nkgray|nkgray}}<br />Naiberi Resort, south-east of Eldoret, [[Kenya]], September 2010]]
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Sub Saharan [[Africa]]<br />
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'''Western Africa''': found only in [[Democratic Republic of Congo]] and [[Angola]]<br />
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'''Eastern Africa''': [[Sudan]], [[South Sudan]], [[Eritrea]], [[Ethiopia]], [[Kenya]], [[Uganda]], [[Rwanda]], [[Burundi]], [[Tanzania]], [[Zambia]], [[Mozambique]], [[Malawi]]<br />
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'''Southern Africa''': occurs only in [[Namibia]] and [[Zimbabwe]]
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
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''Estrilda quartinia'' has four subspecies:<sup>[[#References|2]]</sup>
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[[Yellow-bellied Waxbill]] is lumped with [[Swee Waxbill]] ''E. melanotis'' by some authorities.<sup>[[#References|1]]</sup><br />
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*''C. q. bocagei''
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Sometimes placed in the genus [[:Category:Estrilda|Estrilda]].
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:*Western [[Angola]]
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====Subspecies====
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:*Regarded as a subspecies of [[Swee Waxbill]] by some<sup>[[#References|3]]</sup>; may be a separate species<sup>[[#References|4]]</sup>.
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''Estrilda quartinia'' has three subspecies:<sup>[[#References|2]]</sup>
 
*''C. q. quartinia''
 
*''C. q. quartinia''
 
:*Highlands of [[Eritrea]], [[Ethiopia]] and south-eastern [[Sudan]]
 
:*Highlands of [[Eritrea]], [[Ethiopia]] and south-eastern [[Sudan]]
 
*''C. q. kilimensis''
 
*''C. q. kilimensis''
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:*Eastern [[DRC]] to [[Rwanda]], [[Uganda]], [[Kenya]] and [[Tanzania]]
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:*Extreme southeastern [[South Sudan]], eastern [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]], [[Uganda]], [[Kenya]], and northern and central [[Tanzania]]
 
*''C. q. stuartirwini''
 
*''C. q. stuartirwini''
 
:*Southern [[Malawi]] and eastern [[Zimbabwe]] to northern [[Mozambique]]
 
:*Southern [[Malawi]] and eastern [[Zimbabwe]] to northern [[Mozambique]]
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[[Yellow-bellied Waxbill]] is lumped with [[Swee Waxbill]] ''E. melanotis'' by some authorities.<sup>[[#References|1]]</sup><br />
 
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Sometimes placed in the genus [[:Category:Estrilda|Estrilda]].
 
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
 
Rank vegetation; forest edge and plantations.
 
Rank vegetation; forest edge and plantations.
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
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====Diet====
 
Eats mainly grass seeds, both on the ground and from grass seed-heads.
 
Eats mainly grass seeds, both on the ground and from grass seed-heads.
 
====Vocalisation====
 
====Vocalisation====
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==References==
 
==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 http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/downloads/BirdLife_Checklist_Version_1.zip] [.xls zipped 1 MB].
 
# 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 http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/downloads/BirdLife_Checklist_Version_1.zip] [.xls zipped 1 MB].
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# Clements JF. 2007. ''The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World''. 6th ed., with updates to October 2007. Cornell University Press. ISBN 9780801445019
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug17}}#{{Ref-GillWright08}}#{{Ref-Hockeyetal05}}#Avibase
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# 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 http://worldbirdnames.org/names.html].
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# 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
 
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
 
{{GSearch|Coccopygia+quartinia}}
 
{{GSearch|Coccopygia+quartinia}}
 
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Coccopygia]]
 
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Coccopygia]]

Latest revision as of 17:45, 2 October 2017

Photo by Flandrien
Ankobar, Ethiopia, November 2007
Coccopygia quartinia

Estrilda quartinia

Identification

Length 9-10 cm
A small waxbill with an olive back, red rump, grey head and breast and yellow belly. The upper mandible is black and the lower mandible red (diagnostic).

Distribution

Subspecies kilimensis
Photo by nkgray
Naiberi Resort, south-east of Eldoret, Kenya, September 2010

Sub Saharan Africa
Western Africa: found only in Democratic Republic of Congo and Angola
Eastern Africa: Sudan, South Sudan, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Zambia, Mozambique, Malawi
Southern Africa: occurs only in Namibia and Zimbabwe

Taxonomy

Yellow-bellied Waxbill is lumped with Swee Waxbill E. melanotis by some authorities.1
Sometimes placed in the genus Estrilda.

Subspecies

Estrilda quartinia has three subspecies:2

  • C. q. quartinia
  • C. q. kilimensis
  • C. q. stuartirwini

Habitat

Rank vegetation; forest edge and plantations.

Behaviour

Diet

Eats mainly grass seeds, both on the ground and from grass seed-heads.

Vocalisation

A soft swee-swee.

References

  1. 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].
  2. 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/
  3. 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.
  4. Hockey, PAR, WRJ Dean, and PG Ryan, eds. 2005. Roberts' Birds of Southern Africa. 7th ed. Cape Town: John Voelcker Bird Book Fund. ISBN 978-0620340533
  5. Avibase

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