Grey waxbill
The grey waxbill or black-tailed waxbill (Glaucestrilda perreini) is a common species of estrildid finch found in wetter land of Southern Africa. It has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 670,000 km2.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Estrildidae |
| Genus: | Glaucestrilda |
| Species: | G. perreini |
| Binomial name | |
| Glaucestrilda perreini (Vieillot, 1817) | |
Habitat
It is found in subtropical/ tropical (lowland) moist shrubland habitats in Angola, the Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eswatini, Gabon, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia & Zimbabwe. The status of the species is evaluated as Least Concern.
References
- BirdLife International (2012). "Estrilda perreini". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
External links
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