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Estrilda poliopareia

[edit] Identification

12 cm

• Dun-coloured
• Reddish bill and rump
• Very fine barring on upperparts, sides of breast and flanks
• Pale eyes

[edit] Distribution

Western Africa: found in Southern Nigeria (Niger River delta to Benin border)

[edit] Taxonomy

Monotypic^[1]

It is considered a subspecies of Fawn-breasted Waxbill by some authors^[2]

[edit] Habitat

Long grass beside water courses, marshes, swamps and lagoons; on sandbanks and in forests.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] Diet

The diet includes mainly grass seeds

[edit] Vocalisation

Its call is a tzzzt.

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist.
2. Avibase
3. Wikipedia

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