Black-faced waxbill

The black-faced waxbill (Brunhilda erythronotos) is a common species of estrildid finch found in southern Africa. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Kenya, Namibia, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe. The IUCN has classified the species as being of least concern.

Black-faced waxbill
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Dinosauria
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Estrildidae
Genus: Brunhilda
Species:
B. erythronotos
Binomial name
Brunhilda erythronotos
(Vieillot, 1817)

Taxonomy

The black-faced waxbill was formally described in 1817 by the French ornithologist Louis Jean Pierre Vieillot and given the binary name Fringilla erythronotos.[2] The specific epithet combines the Ancient Greek eruthros meaning "red" and -nōtos meaning "-backed".[3] The type locality is Kurrichane (Kaditshwene) in the North West province of South Africa.[4] This species was formerly placed in the genus Estrilda. When a molecular phylogenetic study published in 2020 found that Estrilda was paraphyletic, the genus Brunhilda was resurrected for this species and the black-cheeked waxbill.[5][6]

Two subspecies are recognised:[6]

  • B. e. delamerei (Sharpe, 1900) – southwest Uganda, west Kenya to central Tanzania
  • B. e. erythronotos (Vieillot, 1817) – Angola and Namibia to Zimbabwe and north South Africa

References
  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Estrilda erythronotos". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  2. Vieillot, Louis Jean Pierre (1817). Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle, appliquée aux arts, à l'agriculture, à l'économie rurale et domestique, à la médecine, etc (in French). Vol. 12 (2nd ed.). Paris: Deterville. p. 188.
  3. Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 150. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
  4. Paynter, Raymond A. Jr, ed. (1968). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 14. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 347.
  5. Olsson, Urban; Alström, Per (2020). "A comprehensive phylogeny and taxonomic evaluation of the waxbills (Aves: Estrildidae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 146: 106757. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2020.106757.
  6. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2021). "Waxbills, parrotfinches, munias, whydahs, Olive Warbler, accentors, pipits". IOC World Bird List Version 11.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 17 July 2021.


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