- Estrilda rufibarba
Identification
10 cm (4 in)
Male
- Greyish-brown forehead, nape and upperparts
- Red lores and eyestripe
Distribution
Middle East: found in the south-western Arabian peninsula in Saudi Arabia and Yemen.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1].
Habitat
Foothills and lowlands, plains, wadis and valleys, rocky hillsides with thick scrub and trees, reeds and weedy thickets.
Behaviour
Diet
Their diet consists of small seeds from grass, sedges, cereals and herbs etc.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2018. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2018. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved November 2014)
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Arabian Waxbill. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 20 September 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Arabian_Waxbill
External Links
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