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Anambra Waxbill
Estrilda poliopareia Reichenow, 1902
Estrildidae — Waxbills, Munias & Allies
Anambra Waxbill, Estrilda poliopareia, is a passerine in the waxbill family that breeds in southern Benin and southern Nigeria. It was described by Reichenow in 1902. It is associated with wetter country in this part of Africa and has been recorded from long grass beside rivers, lagoon sandbanks, marshes, swamps and forest. The species is known with certainty from only five sightings. It is a small finch with a reddish brown bill and rump, fine barring on the upperparts, breast sides and flanks, and pale eyes.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Estrildidae — Waxbills, Munias & Allies
- Breeding range
- Africa: s Benin, s Nigeria
