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Glaucestrilda

Glaucestrilda
Lavender waxbill (Glaucestrilda caerulescens)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Estrildidae
Genus: Glaucestrilda
Roberts, 1922

Glaucestrilda is a genus of estrildid finch in the family Estrildidae. The genus is found in Africa.

Species

It contains the following species:

Image Scientific name Common Name Distribution
Lavender waxbill Glaucestrilda caerulescens Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Côte d'Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sudan, Togo
Grey waxbill Glaucestrilda perreini Angola, the Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia & Zimbabwe.
Cinderella waxbill Glaucestrilda thomensis southwestern Angola around Namibe Province, north and east to southwest Huila Province and north to Fazenda do Cuito in Huambo and extreme northwestern Namibia.

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