Black-crowned waxbill

Black-crowned waxbill
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Estrildidae
Genus: Estrilda
Species:
E. nonnula
Binomial name
Estrilda nonnula
Hartlaub, 1883

The black-crowned waxbill (Estrilda nonnula) is a common species of estrildid finch found in western-central Africa. It has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 1,000,000 km2.

Subspecies

  • E. n. elizae Alexander, 1903 : Bioko I.
  • E. n. eisentrauti Wolters, 1964 : Mt. Cameroon
  • E. n. nonnula Hartlaub, 1883 : se Nigeria and Cameroon to se Sudan, w Kenya and nw Tanzania

References

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Estrilda nonnula". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22719589A94634584. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22719589A94634584.en. Retrieved 25 September 2021.


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