LC
Black-rumped Waxbill Estrilda troglodytes



Taxonomy

Taxonomic source(s)
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A., Fishpool, L.D.C., Boesman, P. and Kirwan, G.M. 2016. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 2: Passerines. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.

IUCN Red List criteria met and history
Red List criteria met
Critically Endangered Endangered Vulnerable
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Red List history
Year Category Criteria
2018 Least Concern
2016 Least Concern
2012 Least Concern
2009 Least Concern
2008 Least Concern
2004 Least Concern
2000 Lower Risk/Least Concern
1994 Lower Risk/Least Concern
1988 Lower Risk/Least Concern
Species attributes

Migratory status not a migrant Forest dependency does not normally occur in forest
Land-mass type Average mass -
Range

Estimate Data quality
Extent of Occurrence (breeding/resident) 8,660,000 km2 medium
Severely fragmented? no -
Population
Estimate Data quality Derivation Year of estimate
Population size unknown - - -
Population trend stable - suspected -
Generation length 3.8 years - - -

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but the species is reported to be widespread and local (Fry and Keith 2004), while the population in Japan has been estimated at c.100-10,000 introduced breeding pairs (Brazil 2009).

Trend justification: The population is suspected to be stable in the absence of evidence for any declines or substantial threats.


Country/territory distribution
Country/Territory Presence Origin Resident Breeding visitor Non-breeding visitor Passage migrant
Benin extant native yes
Burkina Faso extant native yes
Cameroon extant native yes
Central African Republic extant native yes
Chad extant native yes
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the extant native yes
Côte d'Ivoire extant native yes
Eritrea extant native yes
Ethiopia extant native yes
Gambia extant native yes
Ghana extant native yes
Guinea extant native yes
Guinea-Bissau extant uncertain yes
Kenya extant native yes
Liberia extant native yes
Mali extant native yes
Martinique (to France) extant introduced
Mauritania extant native yes
Niger extant native yes
Nigeria extant native yes
Portugal extant introduced yes
Puerto Rico (to USA) extant introduced yes
Senegal extant native yes
South Sudan extant native yes
Spain extant introduced yes
Sudan extant native
Togo extant native yes
Uganda extant native yes
USA extant introduced yes
Virgin Islands (to USA) possibly extinct introduced yes

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)
Country/Territory IBA Name
Benin Pendjari National Park
Benin W du Bénin National Park
Burkina Faso Arli - W - Singou complex
Burkina Faso Bérégadougou hill
Burkina Faso Diéfoula - Logoniégué forest
Burkina Faso Kaboré Tambi - Nazinga - Sissili complex
Burkina Faso Lake Kompienga
Burkina Faso Ouagadougou forest
Cameroon Faro National Park
Cameroon Gashiga - Demsa
Cameroon Mayo-Louti Forest Reserve
Cameroon Waza National Park
Central African Republic André Félix National Park complex
Central African Republic Bamingui-Bangoran National Park complex
Central African Republic Manovo - Gounda - St Floris National Park complex
Chad Binder - Léré
Chad Zakouma National Park
Côte d'Ivoire Comoe National Park
Eritrea Mareb escarpment
Eritrea Western Plain: Gash - Setit
Ethiopia Gambella National Park
Ethiopia Mago National Park
Ethiopia Shire lowlands in the Tekeze valley
Gambia Birufu - Darsilami area
Gambia Kiang West National Park
Ghana Gbele Resource Reserve
Ghana Shai Hills Resource Reserve
Kenya Busia grasslands
Mali Boucle du Baoulé
Mali Falaise de Bandiagara
Mali Sirakoroni - Tyènfala
Niger 'W' National Park
Niger Makalondi district
Nigeria Amurum woodlands (Taboru)
Nigeria Assop Falls and hills
Nigeria Falgore and Lame Burra Game Reserves
Nigeria Hadejia-Nguru wetlands
Nigeria Kagoro - Nindam Forest Reserves and vicinity
Nigeria Kainji Lake National Park
Nigeria Lower Kaduna - Middle Niger flood-plain
Nigeria Sunvit Farm
Nigeria Yankari Game Reserve
Senegal Delta du Saloum
South Sudan Ashana
South Sudan Bandingilo
South Sudan Juba
South Sudan Kidepo
South Sudan Nimule
South Sudan Southern National Park
South Sudan Sudd (Bahr-el-Jebel system)
Sudan Dinder
Sudan Lake Kundi
Togo Kéran National Park
Togo Oti Valley Faunal Reserve
Uganda Ajai Wildlife Reserve
Uganda Kidepo Valley National Park
Uganda Mount Otzi Forest Reserve
Uganda Murchison Falls National Park

Habitats & altitude
Habitat (level 1) Habitat (level 2) Importance Occurrence
Artificial/Terrestrial Arable Land marginal resident
Savanna Dry major resident
Shrubland Subtropical/Tropical Dry major resident
Altitude   Occasional altitudinal limits  

Utilisation
Purpose Scale
Pets/display animals, horticulture international

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Black-rumped Waxbill Estrilda troglodytes. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/black-rumped-waxbill-estrilda-troglodytes on 23/12/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 23/12/2024.