Biology:Black-headed waxbill
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Short description: Species of bird
| Black-headed waxbill | |
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| at Sabyinyo Silverback Lodge Rwanda | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Estrildidae |
| Genus: | Estrilda |
| Species: | E. atricapilla
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| Binomial name | |
| Estrilda atricapilla Verreaux & Verreaux, 1851
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The black-headed waxbill (Estrilda atricapilla) is a common species of estrildid finch found in central Africa. It has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 620,000 km².
It is found in Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, the Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda. The IUCN has classified the species as being of least concern.
The eastern subspecies E. a. kandti is sometimes treated as a separate species, Kandt's waxbill.
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2016). "Estrilda atricapilla". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T103813598A104207948. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T103813598A104207948.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/103813598/104207948. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q998690 entry
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