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The data on species level is structured in four areas (see picture below):
1. At the top in light yellow, the species' name is shown together with, when applicable, its IUCN code (click on the code and you will be redirected to IUCN's webpage with detailed information about this threatened species) and, if you have ticked the species, a green tick to the right
2. In the rich yellow field you also have the species name and a scroll function up (left) or down (right) the sequence of the chosen checklist (click on Filter if you want to change the active checklist).
3. Below the yellow field, the taxonomic tree down to the chosen level is shown (click on any higher level to get a new selection of species groups).
4. The submenu in black shows the information sets available:
* Info - species info including a distribution map, a photo and, if applicable, subspecific information and taxonomic notes
* Names [# of] - shows the species' name in different languages (recommended as well as optional names) and within brackets # of names
* Photo [# of] - all photos on the GT Network of this species and within brackets # of photos
* Distribution - a distribution map and countries where this particular species/subspecies has been recorded and also its status
* Who X - list of GT members that have ticked the species and in which countries
* My ticks [# of] - my own ticks on country level and within brackets # of ticks
* My notes [*]- a free text field where you can save your personal notes related to this species; if you have saved information you will have a [*] marker
* Literature - in which book and on which plate is the taxon depicted (this is work-in-progress so not many references so far...)
* xeno-canto - click and you will be redirected to xeno-canto's website to hear voice recordings of the species
* Wikipedia - click on the icon and you will be redirected to Wikipedia's website
* Google images - click on the icon and you will be redirected to Google's website

Common Waxbill
Estrilda astrild
  (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Black-rumped Waxbill
Estrilda troglodytes
  Black-faced Waxbill
Estrilda nigriloris
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Taxonomy and Distribution

Taxa

 Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild (27210)
 
 kempiSierra Leone to s Guinea and Liberia
 occidentalisGhana to CAR, middle Congo River and ne Zaire, Bioko
 rubriventrisCoastal Gabon and lower sw Congo to nw Angola
 jagoensisCoastal w Angola (Benguela and Moçamedes)
 angolensisPlateau of w Angola
 niedieckiAngola to sw Zambia, ne Namibia, n Botswana and w Zimbabwe
 damarensisNamibia and nw Cape Province
 peaseiEthiopia
 macmillaniCentral and s Sudan
 adesmaUganda to e Zaire, Rwanda, Burundi, w Kenya, nw Tanzania
 minorS Somalia to e Kenya, ne Tanzania, Zanzibar and Mafia I.
 massaicaKenya e of Rift Valley to interior n Tanzania
 cavendishiTanzania, se Zaire, Zambia, Malawi to Zimbabwe, Mozambique
 astrildW South Africa and se Botswana. This species also is introduced on Trinidad and in Brazil
 tenebridorsaE South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland


References

  • Estrilda astrild: Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2012. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world. http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
  • Estrilda astrild: Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2011. The Clements checklist of birds of the world
  • Estrilda astrild: Gill, F & D Donsker (Eds). 2013. IOC World Bird Names (v 3.3). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org [Accessed 2013-02-04]
  • Estrilda astrild: Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2012. IOC World Bird List (v 3.2). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/ [Accessed 2012-11-19]
  • Estrilda astrild: Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2012. IOC World Bird List (v 3.1). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/
  • Estrilda astrild: Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2012. IOC World Bird Names (v 2.11). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org/
  • van Perlo, Ber: A Field Guide to the Birds of Brazil; Oxford University Press, October 9, 2009; ISBN:0-195-30155-2
  • Svensson, L.: Birds of Europe; Princeton Field Guides, February 1, 2010; ISBN:0-691-14392-7
  • Sinclair, Ian and Langrand, Olivier: Birds of the Indian Ocean Islands; New Holland Publishers (Struik), 2003 (New edition); ISBN:1-868-72956-7
  • Sinclair, I.: Sasol Birds of Southern Africa; Struik Nature, 4:e edition. 2011; ISBN:1-770-07925-4
  • Borrow, N. and Demey, R.: Birds of Ghana; Christopher Helm, 2010; ISBN:1-408-12279-0