White-breasted nigrita

White-breasted nigrita
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Estrildidae
Genus: Nigrita
Species: N. fusconotus
Binomial name
Nigrita fusconotus
Fraser, 1843
Synonyms
  • Nigrita fusconota Sibley and Monroe, 1990, 1993

The white-breasted nigrita (Nigrita fusconotus) is a very small nigrita with a rather waxbill-like appearance, a black cap and tail contrast with a brown back and wings and white under parts. Both sexes are alike but the immature has the crown, rump and tail browner. It is a common species of estrildid finch found in Africa. It has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 2,700,000 km2.

It lives in forest habitats, commonly found in Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, the Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Tanzania and Uganda. The status of the species is evaluated by the IUCN as being of least concern.

References

  1. ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Nigrita fusconotus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.


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