Common Names
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Common Names in Afrikaans:
Rooiassie
Common Names in English:
Orange-Breasted Waxbill, Orangebreasted Waxbill, Zebra Waxbill
Common Names in French:
Bengali Zébré
Common Names in German:
Goldbrüstchen
Description
Habitat
Ecology:
List of Habitats
:2.1Savanna - Dry
Taxonomy
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
)
- animals
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Chordates
- Class:
Aves
()
- Birds
- Order:
Passeriformes
()
- Perching Birds
- Subfamily:
Estrildinae
()
- Tribe:
Estrildini
()
- Genus:
Amandava
()
- Blyth 1836 Nat.Hist.Selborne[White] p.44,note
- Specific name:
subflava
- (Vieillot) 1819 Nouv.Dict.Hist.Nat. 30 p.575
- Scientific name: - Amandava subflava (Vieillot) 1819
- Specific name:
subflava
- (Vieillot) 1819 Nouv.Dict.Hist.Nat. 30 p.575
- Genus:
Amandava
(
- Tribe:
Estrildini
(
- Subfamily:
Estrildinae
(
- Order:
Passeriformes
(
- Class:
Aves
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 17-Oct-2001
Similar Species
Members of the genus Amandava
There are approximately 11 species in this genus:
A. amandava (Red Avadavat) · A. amandava amandava (Avadavats) · A. amandava falvidiventris · A. amandava flavidiventris · A. amandava punicea · A. formosa (Green Avadavat) · A. subflava (Orange-Breasted Waxbill) · A. subflava clarkei · A. subflava niethammeri · A. subflava subflava (Orange-Breasted Waxbill) · A. sublava
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Further Reading
- BirdLife International. 2000. Threatened Birds of the World. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, U.K.
- BirdLife International. 2004 Threatened Birds of the World 2004. CD-ROM. BirdLife International, Cambridge, U.K.
- Peters. James Lee (1968): Check-List of Birds of the World, vol. 14
Notes
Contributors
- BirdLife International 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2007. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed March 17, 2007.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 11, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 4 providers.
- Peterson, Alan P. Zoological Nomenclature Resource. Accessed June 19, 2009.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 11, 2008:
- OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider: Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums
- Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History: Santa Barbara Musem of Natural History
- Senckenberg: Collection Aves (bird skeletons)
- SysTax
- SysTax: Zoologisches Forschungsinstitut und Museum Alexander Koenig, Bonn
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3849870
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-558536
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13838783
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 558536
- IUCN ID: 53313
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 129046
