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Subspecies ochrogaster (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.

Taxonomy

Subspecies

Clements recognizes these subspecies[1]:

E. p. ochrogaster

Western Ethiopia and eastern South Sudan

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. roseicrissa

Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Burundi, southeastern Uganda and north-western Tanzania

E. p. marwitzi

South-western Tanzania

E. p. ruthae

South-eastern Gabon, Congo to western Democratic Republic of the Congo

E. p. benguellensis

Angola to southern Democratic Republic of the Congo, and northern Zambia

Subspecies ochrogaster was considered a separate species (Abyssinian Waxbill) in the past (e.g., by Sibley & Monroe3.

Habitat

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

Behaviour

References

Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2022. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2022. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
Gill, F, D Donsker, and P Rasmussen (Eds). 2023. IOC World Bird List (v 13.2). Doi 10.14344/IOC.ML.13.2. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/
Sibley, CG and BL Monroe. 1996. Birds of the World, on diskette, Windows version 2.0. Charles G. Sibley, Santa Rosa, CA, USA.
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 6 June 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Fawn-breasted_Waxbill

External Links

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-[[Image:Waxbill abyssinian - hawassa 1a .jpg|thumb|550px|right|Abyssinian Waxbill<br />Photo by {{user|volker+sthamer|volker sthamer}}<br />Hawassa, [[Ethiopia]]]]
+[[Image:Waxbill abyssinian - hawassa 1a .jpg|thumb|550px|right|Subspecies ''ochrogaster'' (Abyssinian Waxbill)<br />Photo &copy; by {{user|volker+sthamer|volker sthamer}}<br />Hawassa, [[Ethiopia]]]]
-;[[:Category:Estrilda|Estrilda]] paludicola
+;[[Category:Estrilda]] [[:Category:Estrilda|Estrilda]] paludicola
-'''Includes Abyssinian Waxbill''' ([[:Estrilda|Estrilda]] ochrogaster)
+'''Includes Abyssinian Waxbill''' (''[[:Estrilda|Estrilda]] ochrogaster'')
 ==Identification==
 Length 11-12 cm<br />
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 ==Taxonomy==
 ==Subspecies==
-''Estrilda paludicola'' has six subspecies:<sup>[[#References|1]]</sup>
+Clements recognizes these subspecies[[#References|[1]]]:
 *''E. p. ochrogaster''
 :*Western [[Ethiopia]] and eastern [[South Sudan]]
-:*Considered a separate species (Abyssinian Waxbill) by Gill & Wright<sup>[[#References|2]]</sup> and Sibley & Monroe<sup>[[#References|3]]</sup>
+*''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. roseicrissa''
-:*Southern [[Uganda]] to [[Rwanda]], [[Burundi]] and extreme north-western [[Tanzania]]
+:*Eastern [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]], [[Rwanda]], [[Burundi]], southeastern [[Uganda]] and north-western [[Tanzania]]
 *''E. p. marwitzi''
-:*Western [[Tanzania]]
+:*South-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]]
+:*South-eastern [[Gabon]], [[Congo]] to western [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]]
 *''E. p. benguellensis''
-:*Central [[Angola]] to southern [[DRC]], northern [[Zambia]] and adjacent [[Tanzania]]
+:*[[Angola]] to southern [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]], and northern [[Zambia]]
+Subspecies ''ochrogaster'' was considered a separate species (Abyssinian Waxbill) in the past (e.g., by Sibley & Monroe[[#References|3]].
 ==Habitat==
 Grassy savanna, highland grassland and heath, and rank vegetation, often near water.
 ==Behaviour==
 ==References==
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+#{{Ref-Clements6thOct22}}#{{Ref-GillDonskerRasmussen22V13.2}}#{{Ref-SibleyMonroe96}}#{{Ref-SinclairRyan03}}
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 ==External Links==
-{{GSearch|Estrilda+paludicola}}
+{{GSearch|"Estrilda paludicola" {{!}} "Estrilda ochrogaster" {{!}} "Fawn-breasted Waxbill" {{!}} "Abyssinian Waxbill"}}
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+{{GS-checked}}1<br /><br />
-Search particulary Abyssinian Waxbill:
-{{GSearch|Estrilda+ochrogaster}}
+[[Category:Birds]]
-[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Estrilda]]