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Lavender waxbill
Gambia
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Estrildidae
Genus: Glaucestrilda
Species: G. caerulescens
Binomial name
Glaucestrilda caerulescens
(Vieillot, 1817)
Synonyms

Estrilda caerulescens
Estrilda coerulescens

The lavender waxbill (Glaucestrilda caerulescens) is a common species of estrildid finch native to Central Africa and successfully introduced on Hawai'i. It has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 620,000 km (240,000 sq mi).

Habitat

It is found in subtropical/tropical (lowland) dry shrubland habitats in Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Côte d'Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sudan, Togo and the United States (Hawaii island only). The IUCN has classified the species as being of least concern.

References

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Glaucestrilda coerulescens[sic]". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22719518A131994177. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22719518A131994177.en. Retrieved 13 December 2023.

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Taxon identifiers
Estrilda caerulescens


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