Waxbills (Estrildidae)
Fawn-breasted Waxbill (Estrilda paludicola) - HBW 15, p. 315
French: Astrild à poitrine fauve
German: Sumpfastrild
Spanish: Estrilda Pechiparda
Other common names: Abyssinian/Marsh/Buff-bellied Waxbill; Benguella Waxbill (benguellensis); (Uhehe) Rosy-flanked Waxbill (roseicrissa); Abyssinian (Fawn-breasted) Waxbill (ochrogaster)
Taxonomy: Estrelda paludicola Heuglin, 1863, middle course of Bahr el Ghazal, south-west Sudan.
Race ochrogaster sometimes considered a separate species; benguellensis and ruthae might form another species. In recent analysis of mitochondrial phylogeny, nominate race, ochrogaster and roseicrissa comprised a clade that included also E. melpoda, which occurs sympatrically with present species and is clearly a distinct species; benguellensis and ruthae comprised another, multi-species clade, with closest relatives nominate race, ochrogaster and roseicrissa and also E. melpoda, E. troglodytes, E. rhodopyg.. View all taxonomy...
Race ochrogaster sometimes considered a separate species; benguellensis and ruthae might form another species. In recent analysis of mitochondrial phylogeny, nominate race, ochrogaster and roseicrissa comprised a clade that included also E. melpoda, which occurs sympatrically with present species and is clearly a distinct species; benguellensis and ruthae comprised another, multi-species clade, with closest relatives nominate race, ochrogaster and roseicrissa and also E. melpoda, E. troglodytes, E. rhodopyga and E. rufibarba. Further study required. Six subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- ruthae Chapin, 1950 - S Gabon, S PRCongo, and SW DRCongo (along middle R Congo near Kinshasa).
- paludicola Heuglin, 1863 - S Sudan, E Central African Republic, N DRCongo (E to Ituri), N Uganda and W Kenya.
- ochrogaster Salvadori, 1897 - Ethiopia and SE Sudan.
- ruthae Chapin, 1950 - S Gabon, S PRCongo, and SW DRCongo (along middle R Congo near Kinshasa).
- paludicola Heuglin, 1863 - S Sudan, E Central African Republic, N DRCongo (E to Ituri), N Uganda and W Kenya.
- ochrogaster Salvadori, 1897 - Ethiopia and SE Sudan.
- roseicrissa Reichenow, 1892 - E DRCongo S of L Edward, SW Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and NW Tanzania.
- benguellensis Neumann, 1908 - Angola, S DRCongo (Upper Katanga) and Zambia.
- marwitzi Reichenow, 1900 - SC Tanzania.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Adultt feeding
Locality Awassa Lake, SNNPR Region, Ethiopia (ssp ochrogaster)
Nik Borrow 28 November 2012 26 weeks ago 3.8 -
Portrate of an adult bird
Locality Sango Bay, Uganda (ssp paludicola)
Steven W. Evans 25 May 2010 40 weeks ago 3.8 -
Fawn-breasted waxbill in large planted aviary in Cape Town, South Africa. Simon Espley
Locality Cape Town, Western Cape Province, South Africa (ssp marwitzi)
Simon Espley 17 April 2008 4 years ago 3.3
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