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Arabian Waxbill

Estrilda rufibarba (Cabanis, JL 1851)

The Arabian waxbill is a highly sociable species of estrildid finch native to Yemen and south-western Saudi Arabia. It has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 20,000 – 50,000 km2. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Estrildidae
Genus:
   Estrilda
Scientific:
  Estrilda rufibarba

Original description

Citation:
  (Cabanis, JL 1851)

Reference:
   Mus. Heineanum 1 p.169

Imprint year:
  1850-1851

Protonym:
  H[abropyga] rufibarba

Type locality:
  Arabia.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/196124#page/185/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  5E163A46279C4C21

Avibase ID:
  avibase-5E163A46

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/5E163A46

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 559993

Geographic range:

  • Estrilda rufibarba: southwestern Arabian Peninsula
Source: Clements checklist
English:
Arabian Waxbill
Catalan:
estrilda aràbiga
Czech:
astrild arabský
Danish:
Yemenastrild
German:
Jemenastrild
Spanish:
Estrilda Árabe
Spanish (Spain):
Estrilda Árabe
Finnish:
arabianvahanokka
French:
Astrild barbe-rousse
Croatian:
arabijska estrilda
Hungarian:
jemeni asztrild
Italian:
Estrilda d'Arabia
Japanese (romaji):
arabiakaedechou
Japanese:
アラビアカエデチョウ
Lithuanian:
Arabinė astrilda
Dutch:
Jemenastrild
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Jemenastrild
Norwegian:
Jemenastrild
Polish:
astryld arabski
Portuguese:
Estrilda-árabe
Portuguese (Portugal):
bico-de-lacre-árabe
Russian:
Аравийский астрильд
Slovak:
astrilda jemenská
Serbian:
Jemen astrilda
Swedish:
jemenastrild
Ukrainian:
Астрильд аравійсьий
Chinese:
阿拉伯梅花雀
Chinese (Traditional):
阿拉伯梅花雀

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
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Avilist 2025:
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Birdlife checklist version 00:
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Birdlife checklist version 01:
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Birdlife checklist version 02:
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Birdlife checklist version 03:
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Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
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Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
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Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
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Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
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Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
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Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
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Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
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Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024):
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Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Astrild barbe-rousse ( Estrilda rufibarba)
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
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Clements 1st edition:
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eBird version 1.50:
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Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
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Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
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Morony, Bock and Farrand:
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Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
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Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
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Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
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Sibley and Monroe (1993):
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Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
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Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
Arabian Waxbill ( Estrilda rufibarba)
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Estrilda rufibarba
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Estrilda rufibarba

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species

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Belarusian: Аравійскі астрыльд
Bulgarian: Арабска естрилда
Catalan: estrilda aràbiga
Czech: Astrild arabský
Welsh: Cwyrbig Arabia
Danish: Yemenastrild
German: Jemen Astrild, Jemenastrild
Greek: Αραβική λαμπρόσπιζα
English: Arabian Waxbill
English, HBW: Arabian Waxbill
English (IOC): Arabian Waxbill
English (United States): Arabian Waxbill
Esperanto: Araba estrildo, Rufbarba estrildo
Spanish: Astrild Árabe, Estrilda Árabe
Spanish (Spain): Estrilda Árabe
Spanish (HBW): Arabian Waxbill
Estonian: araabia amadiin
Finnish: Arabianvahanokka
French: Astrild arabe, Astrild barbe-rousse
Frisian: Jemenastrild
Irish: Céirghob Arabach
Galician: Estrilda árabe
Hebrew: פרושית ערבית
Croatian: arabijska estrilda
Hungarian: jemeni asztrild
Italian: Astrilde d'Arabia, Estrilda d'Arabia
Japanese (romaji): arabiakaedechou
Japanese: アラビアカエデチョウ
Scientific: Estrilda rufibarba, H. [abropyga] rufibarba, Habropyga rufibarba
Lithuanian: Arabinė astrilda
Latvian: Arābijas vasknibis
Dutch: Jemenastrild, Jemen-astrild, Jemenitische Astrild
Norwegian Nynorsk: Jemenastrild
Norwegian: Jemenastrild, Yemenastrild
Polish: astryld arabski
Portuguese: Estrilda-árabe
Portuguese (Portugal): bico-de-lacre-árabe
Rhaeto-Romance: Astrild arab
Romanian: Estrilda arabă
Russian: Арабийский астрильд, Аравийский астрильд
Northern Sami: Arábiagássenjunni
Slovak: astrilda jemenská
Slovenian: Arabska astrilda
Serbian: Arabijska astrilda, Jemen astrilda
Swedish: Jemenastrild, Yemenastrild
Turkish: Arabistan mumgagası, Arap Mumgagası
Ukrainian: Астрильд аравійсьий
Chinese: 阿拉伯梅花雀
Chinese (Traditional): 阿拉伯梅花雀

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