Black-rumped waxbill explained

The black-rumped waxbill (Estrilda troglodytes) is a common species of estrildid finch found in Southern Africa. It has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 2,000,000 km2.

It is found in Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Eritrea, Ethiopia, France (introduced by Guadeloupe), Gambia, Ghana, Guadeloupe, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Portugal (introduced), Puerto Rico, Senegal, Sudan, Togo, Uganda, United States (introduced in Puerto Rico) and Virgin Islands (possibly extirpated). And recently witnessed (on 20 September 2019) by a bird watcher Santhana Srinivasan on Kingdom of Bahrain. The status of the species is evaluated as Least Concern.

Taxonomy

The black-rumped waxbill was first described by Hinrich Lichtenstein in 1823, and at the time was placed in the Fringilla genus.[1] When the Estrilda genus was described in 1850, this species was moved there.[2] It was at one point thought to be conspecific with the Arabian waxbill.[3]

References

Notes and References

  1. Baird . Spencer Fullerton . Lichtenstein . Hinrich . Starcke . Johann Friedrich . Verzeichniss der Doubletten des Zoologischen Museums der Königl. Universität zu Berlin : nebst Beschreibung vieler bisher unbekannter Arten von Säugethieren, Vögeln, Amphibien und Fischen / herausgegben von H. Lichtenstein. . Doubletten Zoologischen Museums . 1823 . 10.5962/bhl.title.40281 . 5 February 2024. free .
  2. Book: Bock, Walter J. . 1994 . History and Nomenclature of Avian Family-Group Names . Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History . 222 . American Museum of Natural History . New York . 117, 156, 218, 228 . 2246/830 .
  3. Payne . Robert B. . Josep . Andrew . Jordi . David . Eduardo . Del Hoyo . Elliott . Sargatal . Christie . De Juana . Arabian Waxbill (Estrilda rufibarba) . Birds of the World . 4 March 2020 . 10.2173/bow.arawax1.01 . 216251734 . 5 February 2024.