Grey waxbill

The grey waxbill or black-tailed waxbill (Glaucestrilda perreini) is a common species of estrildid finch found in wetter land of Southern Africa. It has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 670,000 km² (260,000 sq mi).

Black-tailed waxbill
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Estrildidae
Genus:	Glaucestrilda
Species:	G. perreini
Binomial name
Glaucestrilda perreini (Vieillot, 1817)
Synonyms
Estrilda perreini

Two subspecies are recognised:^[2]

• G. p. perreini (Vieillot, 1817) – Gabon to north Angola and east to south Tanzania
• G. p. incana (Sundevall, 1850) – south Malawi and Mozambique to east South Africa

Habitat

It is found in subtropical/ tropical (lowland) moist shrubland habitats in Angola, the Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eswatini, Gabon, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia & Zimbabwe. The status of the species is evaluated as Least Concern.