Glaucestrilda is a genus of estrildid finch in the family Estrildidae. The genus is found in Africa.

Glaucestrilda
Lavender waxbill (Glaucestrilda caerulescens)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Estrildidae
Genus: Glaucestrilda
Roberts, 1922

Species edit

It contains the following species:

Image Scientific name Common Name Distribution
  Lavender waxbill Glaucestrilda caerulescens Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Côte d'Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sudan, Togo
  Grey waxbill Glaucestrilda perreini Angola, the Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia & Zimbabwe.
  Cinderella waxbill Glaucestrilda thomensis southwestern Angola around Namibe Province, north and east to southwest Huila Province and north to Fazenda do Cuito in Huambo and extreme northwestern Namibia.

See also edit

References edit

  • International Ornithological Congress (July 25, 2020). "IOC World Bird List". Retrieved July 25, 2020.