Common Waxbill vs Lavender Waxbill

Estrilda astrild compared with Estrilda coerulescens

Taxonomic Classification

Rank Common Waxbill Lavender Waxbill
Kingdom same Animalia (동물) Animalia (동물)
Phylum same Chordata (척삭동물) Chordata (척삭동물)
Class same Aves (새) Aves (새)
Order same Passeriformes (참새목) Passeriformes (참새목)
Family same Estrildidae Estrildidae
Genus same Estrilda Estrilda
Species Estrilda astrild Estrilda coerulescens

Evolutionary Relationship

Common Waxbill and Lavender Waxbill share a common ancestor at the Genus level: Estrilda.

Conservation Status

Common Waxbill

LC — Least Concern

Lavender Waxbill

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute Common Waxbill Lavender Waxbill
Diet
Average Lifespan
Average Length
Average Weight

Habitat & Geographic Range

Common Waxbill

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests spanning the Australasia and Afrotropic realms.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Cabo Verde, Mauritius, Sao Tome and Principe), Asia (Taiwan, United Arab Emirates), Europe (9 countries), North America (Trinidad and Tobago, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Vanuatu), and South America (Brazil, Uruguay).

Lavender Waxbill

Habitat

Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.

Common Waxbill

아프리카에서 가장 널리 분포하는 왁스빌로, 사하라 이남 아프리카가 원산지이지만 이베리아 반도, 브라질, 하와이, 여러 대서양 섬 등지에 도입되어 세계에서 가장 광범위하게 분포하는 탈출 애완조 중 하나가 되었다. 붉은 부리와 눈을 가로지르는 붉은 줄이 특징인 작고 활발한 핀치류로, 풀이 무성한 초원과 물가 주변에 서식한다. 매우 군집성이 강하며 다른 에스트릴디드류와 큰 혼성 무리를 이루는 경우가 많다.

Lavender Waxbill

No description available.

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