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Estrilda rhodopyga

Photo by juninho
Ulu, Kenya

[edit] Identification

[edit] Distribution

Eastern Africa: Ethiopia, south-eastern Sudan, southern Somalia, Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, north-eastern Zambia, northern Malawi.

[edit] Taxonomy

Estrilda rhodopyga has two subspecies:¹

• E. r. rhodopyga
• E. r. centralis

[edit] Habitat

Savanna with tall grass and bushes, forest edge, dry savanna, secondary growth, plantations.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] References

1. Clements JF. 2007. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to October 2007. Cornell University Press. ISBN 9780801445019

[edit] External Links