Black-bellied seedcracker
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P. ostrinus
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Pyrenestes ostrinus (Vieillot, 1805)
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The black-bellied seedcracker (Pyrenestes ostrinus) is a common species of estrildid finch found in Africa. It has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 4,500,000 km².
It is found in Angola, Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, the Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo and Uganda. The status of the species is evaluated as Least Concern.
Origin
Origin and phylogeny has been obtained by Antonio Arnaiz-Villena et al.[2] Estrildinae may have originated in India and dispersed thereafter (towards Africa and Pacific Ocean habitats).
References
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- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Pyrenestes
- Birds of Africa
- Birds of Angola
- Birds of Benin
- Birds of Burundi
- Birds of Cameroon
- Birds of the Central African Republic
- Birds of the Republic of the Congo
- Birds of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Birds of Ivory Coast
- Birds of Equatorial Guinea
- Birds of Gabon
- Birds of Ghana
- Birds of Guinea
- Birds of Nigeria
- Birds of Mali
- Birds of Liberia
- Birds of Rwanda
- Birds of Sierra Leone
- Birds of South Sudan
- Birds of Tanzania
- Birds of Togo
- Birds of Uganda
- Animals described in 1805
- Estrildidae stubs