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Estrilda quartinia

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Ankobar, Ethiopia

[edit] Identification

[edit] Distribution

Sub Saharan Africa.

[edit] Taxonomy

Estrilda quartinia has four subspecies:²

• E. q. bocagei

• Western Angola
• Regarded as a subspecies of Swee Waxbill by some³; may be a separate species⁴.

• E. q. quartinia

• Highlands of Eritrea, Ethiopia and south-eastern Sudan

• E. q. kilimensis

• Eastern DRC to Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania

• E. q. stuartirwini

• Southern Malawi and eastern Zimbabwe to northern Mozambique

Yellow-bellied Waxbill is lumped with Swee Waxbill E. melanotis by some authorities.¹ Clements places this species in the genus Coccopygia.

[edit] Habitat

Rank vegetation; forest edge and plantations.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] References

1. BirdLife International. 2008. The BirdLife checklist of the birds of the world, with conservation status and taxonomic sources. Version 1. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/downloads/BirdLife_Checklist_Version_1.zip [.xls zipped 1 MB].
2. Clements JF. 2007. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to October 2007. Cornell University Press. ISBN 9780801445019
3. Gill F & Wright M. 2008. Birds of the World: Recommended English Names. Princeton University Press, Princeton NJ, USA. 2006. ISBN 9780691128276 Update (2008) downloaded from http://worldbirdnames.org/names.html.
4. Hockey PAR, Dean WRJ & Ryan PG (eds) 2005. Robert's Birds of Southern Africa, 7th edition. John Voelcker Bird Book Fund, Cape Town, South Africa. ISBN 0620340533

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