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Estrilda rufibarba

Identification

10 cm
Male

  • Greyish-brown forehead, nape and upperparts
  • Red lores and eyestripe

Distribution

Middle East: found in the south-western Arabian peninsula in Saudi Arabia and Yemen.

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species[1].

Habitat

Foothills and lowlands, plains, wadis and valleys, rocky hillsides with thick scrub and trees, reeds and weedy thickets.

Behaviour

Diet

Their diet consists of small seeds from grass, sedges, cereals and herbs etc.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2014. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.9., with updates to August 2014. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved November 2014)
  3. Wikipedia

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