Black-tailed Waxbill

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Black-tailed Waxbill
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Estrildidae
Genus: Estrilda
Species: E. perreini
Binomial name
Estrilda perreini
(Vieillot, 1817)

The Black-tailed Waxbill Estrilda perreini is a common species of estrildid finch found in wetter land of Southern Africa. It has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 670,000 kmĀ².

[edit] Habitat

It is found in subtropical/ tropical (lowland) moist shrubland habitats in Angola, Congo, The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia & Zimbabwe. The status of the species is evaluated as Least Concern.

[edit] Reference

BirdLife Species Factsheet