Orange-breasted Waxbill

Amandava subflava - Bengali zébré

Systematics

Order
:
Passeriformes
Family
:
Estrildidés
Genus
:
Amandava
Species
:
subflava

Descriptor

Vieillot, 1819

Biometrics

Size
: 9 cm
Wingspan
: -
Weight
: -

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Orange-breasted Waxbill (Amandava subflava) is a species of bird in the Estrildidae family.

Subspecific information 2 subspecies

Amandava subflava subflava (sw Mauritania, Senegal and Gambia to Ethiopia south to Central African Republic, e DRCongo, Uganda, w Kenya and nw Tanzania, also sw Arabian Peninsula)
Amandava subflava clarkei (s Gabon s PRCongo, s DRCongo and Tanzania. except nw. south to Angola, Zambia, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Mozambique and se South Africa)

Foreign names

Bengali zébré,
Bengalí cebra,
bico-de-lacre-de-peito-laranja,
Goldbrustastrild,
aranymellű asztrild,
Goudbuikje,
Bengalino zebrato,
guldbröstad tigerfink,
Gulbrystastrild,
amandava zlatoprska,
zlatoprska malá,
Guldbrystet Astrild,
kultatiikeripeippo,
Rooiassie,
múnia zebra,
bengalik złotobrzuchy,
zebras vasknibis,
Золотистогрудый астрильд,
シマベニスズメ,
橙胸梅花雀,
橙腹梅花雀,

Voice song and cries

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Habitat

Savanna : Dry ; Grassland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical Seasonally Wet/Flooded ; Wetlands (inland) : Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Arable Land