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Fawn-breasted Waxbill Estrilda paludicola Scientific name definitions

Robert B. Payne
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated June 18, 2013

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Introduction

This account summarizes the life history of the Fawn-breasted Waxbill, including information relating to its identification, systematics, distribution, habitat, diet, vocalizations, breeding ecology, and conservation status.

Subspecies


EBIRD GROUP (MONOTYPIC)

Fawn-breasted Waxbill (Abyssinian) Estrilda paludicola ochrogaster Scientific name definitions

Distribution

W Ethiopia and adjacent SE South Sudan.

EBIRD GROUP (POLYTYPIC)

Fawn-breasted Waxbill (Fawn-breasted) Estrilda paludicola [paludicola Group]


SUBSPECIES

Estrilda paludicola paludicola Scientific name definitions

Distribution
S Sudan, E Central African Republic, W and S South Sudan, N DRCongo (E to Ituri), N Uganda and W Kenya.

SUBSPECIES

Estrilda paludicola roseicrissa Scientific name definitions

Distribution
E DRCongo S of L Edward, SW Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and NW Tanzania.

SUBSPECIES

Estrilda paludicola marwitzi Scientific name definitions

Distribution
SC Tanzania.

SUBSPECIES

Estrilda paludicola ruthae Scientific name definitions

Distribution
S Gabon, S Congo, and SW DRCongo (along middle R Congo near Kinshasa).

EBIRD GROUP (MONOTYPIC)

Fawn-breasted Waxbill (benguellensis) Estrilda paludicola benguellensis Scientific name definitions

Distribution

Angola, S DRCongo (Upper Katanga district) and Zambia.
Distribution of the Fawn-breasted Waxbill - Range Map
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  • Year-round
  • Migration
  • Breeding
  • Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Fawn-breasted Waxbill

Recommended Citation

Payne, R. B. (2020). Fawn-breasted Waxbill (Estrilda paludicola), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.fabwax1.01
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