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12 cm. Dun-coloured, red bill and rump, very fine barring on upperparts, sides of breast and flanks, pale eyes. | 12 cm. Dun-coloured, red bill and rump, very fine barring on upperparts, sides of breast and flanks, pale eyes. | ||
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Revision as of 13:27, 10 October 2008
- Estrilda poliopareia
Identification
12 cm. Dun-coloured, red bill and rump, very fine barring on upperparts, sides of breast and flanks, pale eyes.
Distribution
Southern Nigeria.
Taxonomy
It is considered a subspecies of Estrilda paludicola by some.
Habitat
Long grass along rivers, lagoon sandbanks, marshes, swamps and forest.
Behaviour
The diet includes grass seeds taken from seedheads.
Vocalisation
Its call is a tzzzt.
