Glaucestrilda
| Glaucestrilda | |
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| Lavender waxbill (Glaucestrilda caerulescens) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Estrildidae |
| Genus: | Roberts, 1922 |
| Type species | |
| Estrilda incana Grey waxbill Sundevall, 1850
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Glaucestrilda is a genus of estrildid finch in the family Estrildidae. The three species in the genus are found in Africa.
Taxonomy
The genus Glaucestrilda was introduced in 1922 by the South African zoologist Austin Roberts with Estrilda incana Sundevall as the type species.[1][2] This taxon is now treated as a subspecies of the grey waxbill with the trinomial name Glaucestrilda perreini incana.[3] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek γλαυκος/glaukos meaning "blue-grey", "glaucous" or "silvery" with the genus name Estrilda that had been introduced in 1827 by William Swainson for the waxbills.[4]
Species
The genus contains the following three species:[3]
| Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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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 |
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Grey waxbill | Glaucestrilda perreini | Angola, the Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia & Zimbabwe. |
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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
- Birds of Africa
- Estrildidae genera
References
- ^ Roberts, Austin (1922). "Review of the nomenclature of South African birds". Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 8 (4): 187-272 [268].
- ^ Paynter, Raymond A. Jr, ed. (1968). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 14. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 337.
- ^ a b Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (February 2025). "Waxbills, parrotfinches, munias, whydahs, Olive Warbler, accentors, pipits". IOC World Bird List Version 15.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 10 August 2025.
- ^ Jobling, James A. "Glaucestrilda". The Key to Scientific Names. Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Retrieved 10 August 2025.