The area also hosts the threatened black-faced waxbill (Estrilda nogriloris). From Wordnik.com. [Central Zambezian Miombo woodlands] Reference
For example, the endemic Cinderella waxbill (Estrilda thomensis, LR) is restricted to the Kunene Riverbed. From Wordnik.com. [Kaokoveld desert] Reference
All the near-endemic species except the Cinderella waxbill (Estrilda thomensis) are restricted to rocky habitats. From Wordnik.com. [Namibian savanna woodlands] Reference
However, the near-endemic bird, Anambra waxbill (Estrilda poliopareia, VU), is considered to be typical of Niger-Cross region. From Wordnik.com. [Cross-Niger transition forests] Reference
Some introduced resident landbirds are waxbill (Estrilda astrild), common myna (Acridotheres tristis), and canary (Serinus flaviventris). From Wordnik.com. [Ascension scrub and grasslands] Reference
There he goes in search of Estrilda, thinking to rescue her, but is shocked and hurt to find she has happily abandoned him for a Mercian lord. From Wordnik.com. [01/01/2006 - 01/08/2006] Reference
His hopes are clear; to be a worthy leader of his warband; to protect the border lands from enemy raiders; to marry his betrothed, the beautiful Estrilda; and to support his idolised elder brother Aelfric, heir to the throne. From Wordnik.com. [01/01/2006 - 01/08/2006] Reference
Somali insurgents ban UN food aid photo: Creative Commons/Estrilda. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to Did Archbishop Oscar Romero Rise After All?] Reference
Other residents of the islands are sooty albatross (Phoebetria fusca) (240 pairs), remnant populations of soft-plumaged petrel (Pterodroma mollis) and grey petrel (Procellaria cinera), antarctic tern (Sterna vittata tristanensis), brown skua (Catharacta lonnbergi), and common waxbill (Estrilda astrild) (introduced 1977-1985). From Wordnik.com. [Amsterdam and Saint-Paul Islands temperate grasslands] Reference
The Abyssinian longclaw is considered near-endemic to this ecoregion, as are the moorland chat (Cercomela sordida), Abyssinian waxbill (Estrilda ochrogaster), moorland francolin (Francolinus psilolaemus), Rueppell's chat (Myrmecocichla melaena), ankober serin (Serinus ankoberensis), and spot-breasted lapwing (Vanellus melanocephalus). From Wordnik.com. [Ethiopian montane moorlands] Reference
However, rates of endemism are low with the only strict endemics being Ruwet’s masked weaver (Ploceus ruweti, DD) and black-faced waxbill (Estrilda nigriloris, DD), the last two both being restricted to southern DRC. From Wordnik.com. [Central Zambezian Miombo woodlands] Reference
Estrilda? annulosa, Gould. From Wordnik.com. [Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia, Volume 2] Reference
Estrilda bella. From Wordnik.com. [Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia, Volume 2] Reference
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