Lavender waxbill

Lavender waxbill
	Gambia
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Estrildidae
Genus:	Glaucestrilda
Species:	G. caerulescens
Binomial name
	Glaucestrilda caerulescens; (Vieillot, 1817)
Synonyms
	Estrilda caerulescens; Estrilda coerulescens [orth. error on IUCN Red List]

The lavender waxbill (Glaucestrilda caerulescens) is a common species of estrildid finch native to Central Africa and successfully introduced on Hawai'i. It has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 620,000 km² (240,000 sq mi).

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