Black-faced waxbill

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Black-faced waxbill

Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Estrildidae
Genus:	Brunhilda
Species:	B. erythronotos
Binomial name
*Brunhilda erythronotos* (Vieillot, 1817)
Synonyms
Estrilda erythronotos

The black-faced waxbill (Brunhilda erythronotos) is a common species of estrildid finch found in southern Africa. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Kenya, Namibia, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe. The IUCN has classified the species as being of least concern.

Taxonomy

The black-faced waxbill was formally described in 1817 by the French ornithologist Louis Pierre Vieillot and given the binary name Fringilla erythronotos.^[2] The specific epithet combines the Ancient Greek eruthros meaning "red" and -nōtos meaning "-backed".^[3] The type locality is Kurrichane (Kaditshwene) in the North West province of South Africa.^[4] This species was formerly placed in the genus Estrilda. When a molecular phylogenetic study published in 2020 found that Estrilda was paraphyletic, the genus Brunhilda was resurrected for this species and the black-cheeked waxbill.^[5]^[6]

Two subspecies are recognised:^[6]

B. e. delamerei (Sharpe, 1900) – southwest Uganda, west Kenya to central Tanzania
B. e. erythronotos (Vieillot, 1817) – Angola and Namibia to Zimbabwe and north South Africa

^ BirdLife International (2017) [amended version of 2016 assessment]. "Estrilda erythronotos". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T22719604A111122672. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-1.RLTS.T22719604A111122672.en. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
^ Vieillot, Louis Pierre (1817). Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle, appliquée aux arts, à l'agriculture, à l'économie rurale et domestique, à la médecine, etc (in French). Vol. 12 (2nd ed.). Paris: Deterville. p. 188. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.20211.
^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 150. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
^ Paynter, Raymond A. Jr, ed. (1968). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 14. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 347.
^ Olsson, Urban; Alström, Per (2020). "A comprehensive phylogeny and taxonomic evaluation of the waxbills (Aves: Estrildidae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 146: 106757. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2020.106757.
^ ^a ^b Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2021). "Waxbills, parrotfinches, munias, whydahs, Olive Warbler, accentors, pipits". IOC World Bird List Version 11.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 17 July 2021.

Taxon identifiers
Estrilda erythronotos	Wikidata: Q221848 Wikispecies: Estrilda erythronotos ADW: Estrilda_erythronotos Avibase: 842FF43C77B64EB7 BirdLife: 22719604 BOW: blcwax1 CoL: 3BKGS eBird: blcwax1 GBIF: 2493651 iNaturalist: 13781 IRMNG: 10215520 ITIS: 559982 IUCN: 22719604 NCBI: 247544 Open Tree of Life: 102055 Xeno-canto: Estrilda-erythronotos

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