Glaucestrilda


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.

Species

The genus contains the following three species: