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Photo by MarcellC
Location: Northern Rwanda, Africa, August, 2009

Estrilda atricapilla

[edit] Identification

[edit] Distribution

Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda.

[edit] Taxonomy

Has been considered conspecific with Kandt's Waxbill in the past.

[edit] Habitat

Forest edge, marshy clearings, plantations, villages near forests.

[edit] Behaviour

The diet includes seeds.

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