Family: Estrildidae (Waxbills)

Authority: Sousa, 1888

Red List Category

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Justification of Red List category
This species has been downlisted from Near Threatened because its range is estimated to be larger than previously thought. It is now listed as Least Concern on the basis that it is not thought to approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under any of the Red List criteria.

Population size: unknown

Population trend: decreasing

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 196,000 km²

Country endemic: no

Attributes
Land-mass type - continent
Realm - Afrotropical
IUCN Ecosystem -- Terrestrial biome