Chestnut-breasted nigrita
Appearance
Chestnut-breasted nigrita | |
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Ankasa National Park, Ghana | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Estrildidae |
Genus: | Nigrita |
Species: | N. bicolor
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Binomial name | |
Nigrita bicolor (Hartlaub, 1844)
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The chestnut-breasted nigrita (Nigrita bicolor) is a common species of estrildid finch found in Africa. It has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 3,000,000 km2.
Habitat
[edit]The chestnut-breasted nigrita inhabits subtropical/ tropical (lowland) forest, mangrove and shrubland habitats of the African tropical rainforest.
The status of the species is evaluated as Least Concern.
References
[edit]- ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Nigrita bicolor". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22719288A132126626. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22719288A132126626.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.