Glaucestrilda
| Glaucestrilda | |
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| Lavender waxbill (Glaucestrilda caerulescens) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Estrildidae |
| Genus: | Glaucestrilda Roberts, 1922 |
| Type species | |
| Estrilda incana Grey waxbill Sundevall, 1850
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Glaucestrilda is a genus of estrildid finch in the family Estrildidae. The three species in the genus are found in Africa.
Taxonomy
[edit]The genus Glaucestrilda was introduced in 1922 by the South African zoologist Austin Roberts with Estrilda incana Sundevall as the type species.[1][2] This taxon is now treated as a subspecies of the grey waxbill with the trinomial name Glaucestrilda perreini incana.[3] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek γλαυκος/glaukos meaning "blue-grey", "glaucous" or "silvery" with the genus name Estrilda that had been introduced in 1827 by William Swainson for the waxbills.[4]
Species
[edit]The genus contains the following three species:[3]
| Common name | Scientific name and subspecies | Range | Size and ecology | IUCN status and estimated population |
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| Lavender waxbill
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Glaucestrilda caerulescens (Vieillot, 1817) |
Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Côte d'Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sudan, Togo | Size: Habitat: Diet: |
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| Grey waxbill
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Glaucestrilda perreini (Vieillot, 1817) |
Angola, the Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia & Zimbabwe. | Size: Habitat: Diet: |
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| Cinderella waxbill
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Glaucestrilda thomensis (Sousa, 1888) |
southwestern Angola around Namibe Province, north and east to southwest Huila Province and north to Fazenda do Cuito in Huambo and extreme northwestern Namibia. | Size: Habitat: Diet: |
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See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Roberts, Austin (1922). "Review of the nomenclature of South African birds". Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 8 (4): 187-272 [268].
- ^ Paynter, Raymond A. Jr, ed. (1968). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 14. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 337.
- ^ a b Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (February 2025). "Waxbills, parrotfinches, munias, whydahs, Olive Warbler, accentors, pipits". IOC World Bird List Version 15.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 10 August 2025.
- ^ Jobling, James A. "Glaucestrilda". The Key to Scientific Names. Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Retrieved 10 August 2025.