Nesocharis Explained

Nesocharis is a genus of small seed-eating birds in the family Estrildidae. They are found in Africa.

Taxonomy

The genus Nesocharis was introduced in 1903 by the English anthropologist Boyd Alexander with Shelley's oliveback as the type species.^[1] The name Nesocharis is a combination of the Ancient Greek nēsos, meaning "island" and kharis, meaning "loveliness".^[2] The genus Nesocharis is sister to the waxbills in the genus Coccopygia.^[3]

Species

The genus contains two species:^[4]

Image	Scientific Name	Common Name	Distribution
		Nesocharis ansorgei	Burundi, The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Tanzania & Uganda
		Nesocharis shelleyi	Bioko island, western Cameroon and adjacent Nigeria

Notes and References

1. Alexander . Boyd . Boyd Alexander . 1903 . Nesocharis, n. gen. . Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club . 13 . 48 .
2. Book: Jobling, James A. . The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Names . 2010 . London, UK . Christopher Helm . 978-1-4081-2501-4 . 269 .
3. Olsson . Urban . Alström . Per . Alström . 2020 . A comprehensive phylogeny and taxonomic evaluation of the waxbills (Aves: Estrildidae) . Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution . 146 . 106757 . 10.1016/j.ympev.2020.106757. 32028027 . free . 2020MolPE.14606757O .
4. Web site: Gill . Frank . Frank Gill (ornithologist) . Donsker . David . Rasmussen . Pamela . Pamela Rasmussen . July 2021 . Waxbills, parrotfinches, munias, whydahs, Olive Warbler, accentors, pipits . IOC World Bird List Version 11.2 . International Ornithologists' Union . 12 July 2021 .