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| image = Nigrita fusconotus uropygialis 1869.jpg
| image = Nigrita fusconotus uropygialis 1869.jpg
| status = LC
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref>{{IUCN|id=22719278 |title=''Nigrita fusconotus'' |assessor=BirdLife International |assessor-link=BirdLife International |version=2013.2 |year=2012 |accessdate=26 November 2013}}</ref>]
| status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 12 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2018 |title=''Nigrita fusconotus'' |volume=2018 |page=e.T22719278A132126348 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22719278A132126348.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}</ref>]
| genus = Nigrita
| genus = Nigrita
| species = fusconotus
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| synonyms = *''Nigrita fusconota'' <small>Sibley and Monroe, 1990, 1993</small>
| synonyms = *''Nigrita fusconota'' <small>Sibley and Monroe, 1990, 1993</small>
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[[File:White-breasted Nigrita 112ND500 DSC0150.jpg|thumb|White-breasted Nigrita]]
The '''white-breasted nigrita''' ('''''Nigrita fusconotus''''') is a very small nigrita with a rather waxbill-like appearance, a black cap and tail contrast with a brown back and wings and white under parts. Both sexes are alike but the immature has the crown, rump and tail browner.


The '''white-breasted nigrita''' (''Nigrita fusconotus'') is a very small nigrita with a rather waxbill-like appearance, a black cap and tail contrast with a brown back and wings and white under parts. Both sexes are alike but the immature has the crown, rump and tail browner. It is a common species of [[estrildid finch]] found in [[Africa]]. It has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 2,700,000&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>.
It is widespread throughout the [[Tropical forest|African tropical rainforest]]. It has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 2,700,000&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>.


The status of the species is evaluated by the [[IUCN]] as being of [[least concern]].
It lives in forest habitats, commonly found in [[Angola]], [[Benin]], [[Cameroon]], [[Central African Republic]], the [[Republic of Congo]], the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]], [[Côte d'Ivoire]], [[Equatorial Guinea]], [[Gabon]], [[Ghana]], [[Guinea]], [[Kenya]], [[Liberia]], [[Mali]], [[Nigeria]], [[Rwanda]], [[Sierra Leone]], [[Tanzania]] and [[Uganda]]. The status of the species is evaluated by the [[IUCN]] as being of [[least concern]].


==References==
==References==
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[[Category:Taxa named by Louis Fraser|white-breasted nigrita]]

Latest revision as of 15:07, 26 November 2022

White-breasted nigrita
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Estrildidae
Genus: Nigrita
Species:
N. fusconotus
Binomial name
Nigrita fusconotus
Fraser, 1843
Synonyms
  • Nigrita fusconota Sibley and Monroe, 1990, 1993
White-breasted Nigrita

The white-breasted nigrita (Nigrita fusconotus) is a very small nigrita with a rather waxbill-like appearance, a black cap and tail contrast with a brown back and wings and white under parts. Both sexes are alike but the immature has the crown, rump and tail browner.

It is widespread throughout the African tropical rainforest. It has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 2,700,000 km2.

The status of the species is evaluated by the IUCN as being of least concern.

References

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  1. ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Nigrita fusconotus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22719278A132126348. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22719278A132126348.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
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