Lavender Waxbill
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Order: Passeriformes
Family: Estrildidae

[Photo] Lavender Waxbill (Estrilda caerulescens); Deutsch: Sch??nb??rzel. Date 28-06-2007. Author: Atamari (http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Atamari).

The Lavender Waxbill (Estrilda caerulescens) is a common species of estrildid finch native to Central Africa and widely introduced in the USA. It has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 620,000 km².

Habitat
It is found in subtropical/ tropical (lowland) dry shrubland habitats in Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, C??te d'Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sudan, Togo & USA (breeding). The status of the species is evaluated as Least Concern.

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