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Estrilda astrild (Common Waxbill)

Synonyms: Loxia astrild (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

The common waxbill (Estrilda astrild), also known as the St Helena waxbill, is a small passerine bird belonging to the estrildid finch family. It is native to sub-Saharan Africa but has been introduced to many other regions of the world and now has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 10,000,000 km2. It is popular and easy to keep in captivity.
View Wikipedia Record: Estrilda astrild

Infraspecies

Estrilda astrild adesma
Estrilda astrild angolensis
Estrilda astrild astrild
Estrilda astrild cavendishi
Estrilda astrild damarensis
Estrilda astrild jagoensis
Estrilda astrild kempi
Estrilda astrild macmillani
Estrilda astrild massaica
Estrilda astrild minor
Estrilda astrild niediecki
Estrilda astrild occidentalis
Estrilda astrild peasei
Estrilda astrild rubriventris
Estrilda astrild schoutedeni
Estrilda astrild sousae
Estrilda astrild tenebridorsa

Invasive Species

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EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
1
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
11
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 3.4891
EDGE Score: 1.50165
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  9 grams
Birth Weight [2]  0.7 grams
Diet [3]  Granivore
Diet - Seeds [3]  100 %
Forages - Understory [3]  50 %
Forages - Ground [3]  50 %
Clutch Size [6]  5
Fledging [4]  17 days
Incubation [5]  12 days
Mating Display [2]  Ground display
Maximum Longevity [1]  8 years

Ecoregions

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Range Map

External References

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Storchová, Lenka; Hořák, David (2018), Data from: Life-history characteristics of European birds, Dryad, Dataset, https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.n6k3n
♦ 2Terje Lislevand, Jordi Figuerola, and Tamás Székely. 2007. Avian body sizes in relation to fecundity, mating system, display behavior, and resource sharing. Ecology 88:1605
♦ 3Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
♦ 4Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 5del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
♦ 6Jetz W, Sekercioglu CH, Böhning-Gaese K (2008) The Worldwide Variation in Avian Clutch Size across Species and Space PLoS Biol 6(12): e303. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0060303
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0