Black-faced Waxbill Estrilda erythronotos Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (26)
- Subspecies (2)
Robert B. Payne and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated May 12, 2019
Text last updated May 12, 2019
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Swartwangsysie |
| Bulgarian | Чернолика астрилда |
| Catalan | estrilda caranegra meridional |
| Croatian | ružičastotrba estrilda |
| Dutch | Elfenastrild |
| English | Black-faced Waxbill |
| English (AVI) | Black-faced Waxbill |
| English (United States) | Black-faced Waxbill |
| Estonian | vööttiib-amadiin |
| Finnish | naamiovahanokka |
| French | Astrild à moustaches |
| French (Canada) | Astrild à moustaches |
| German | Elfenastrild |
| Japanese | ホオグロカエデチョウ |
| Norwegian | alveastrild |
| Polish | astryld czarnolicy |
| Portuguese (Angola) | Bico-de-lacre-de-faces-pretas |
| Russian | Чернолицый астрильд |
| Serbian | Južna crnolika astrilda |
| Slovak | astrilda červenobruchá |
| Spanish | Estrilda Carinegra Sureña |
| Spanish (Spain) | Estrilda carinegra sureña |
| Swedish | snårastrild |
| Turkish | Kara Yüzlü Mumgaga |
| Ukrainian | Астрильд чорнощокий |
| Zulu | intiyanelibusobumnyama |
Estrilda erythronotos (Vieillot, 1817)
PROTONYM:
Fringilla erythronotos
Vieillot, 1817. Nouv.Dict.Hist.Nat. 12, p.182.
TYPE LOCALITY:
India; Kurrichane, western Transvaal, designated by W. L. Sclater, 1930, Syst. Av. Aethiop., p. 802.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2024
Definitions
- ESTRILDA
- erythronota / erythronothon / erythronotos / erythronotum / erythronotus
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
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Introduction
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Subspecies
SUBSPECIES
Estrilda erythronotos delamerei Scientific name definitions
Distribution
SW Uganda, SW Kenya and W and C Tanzania.
Estrilda erythronotos delamerei Sharpe, 1900
PROTONYM:
Estrilda delamerei
Sharpe, 1900. Bull.Br.Orn.Club 10, p. 102.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Athi River, British East Africa.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2024
Definitions
- ESTRILDA
- erythronota / erythronothon / erythronotos / erythronotum / erythronotus
- delamerei
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
SUBSPECIES
Estrilda erythronotos erythronotos Scientific name definitions
Distribution
S Angola, SW Zambia, Namibia, Botswana, W Zimbabwe and N South Africa (Limpopo S to Northern Cape and W Free State).
Estrilda erythronotos erythronotos (Vieillot, 1817)
PROTONYM:
Fringilla erythronotos
Vieillot, 1817. Nouv.Dict.Hist.Nat. 12, p.182.
TYPE LOCALITY:
India; Kurrichane, western Transvaal, designated by W. L. Sclater, 1930, Syst. Av. Aethiop., p. 802.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2024
Definitions
- ESTRILDA
- erythronota / erythronothon / erythronotos / erythronotum / erythronotus
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
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Distribution of the Black-faced Waxbill
