Black-rumped waxbill
Species of bird
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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.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Estrildidae |
| Genus: | Estrilda |
| Species: | E. troglodytes |
| Binomial name | |
| Estrilda troglodytes (Lichtenstein, MHC, 1823) | |
It is found in Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Puerto Rico, Senegal, Sudan, Togo, Uganda. The status of the species is evaluated as Least Concern. It is introduced in France (Guadeloupe), Portugal, the United States (Puerto Rico) and Virgin Islands (possibly died out).
Taxonomy
The black-rumped waxbill was first described by Hinrich Lichtenstein in 1823, and at the time was placed in the genus Fringilla.[2] When the genus Estrilda was described in 1850, this species was moved there.[3] It was at one point thought to be conspecific with the Arabian waxbill.[4]
