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Glaucestrilda
Sign in to saveGlaucestrilda is a genus of estrildid finch in the family Estrildidae. The three species in the genus are found in Africa.
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Lavender Waxbill
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyEstrildidae
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Glaucestrilda is a genus of estrildid finch in the family Estrildidae. The three species in the genus are found in Africa.
==Taxonomy== The genus Glaucestrilda was introduced in 1922 by the South African zoologist Austin Roberts with Estrilda incana Sundevall as the type species. This taxon is now treated as a subspecies of the grey waxbill with the trinomial name Glaucestrilda perreini incana. The genus name combines the Ancient Greek γλαυκος/glaukos meaning "blue-grey", "glaucous" or "silvery" with the genus name Estrilda that had been introduced in 1827 by William Swainson for the waxbills.
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