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Chestnut-breasted Nigrita
Nigrita bicolor (Hartlaub, 1844)
Estrildidae — Waxbills, Munias & Allies
Chestnut-breasted Nigrita, Nigrita bicolor, is a passerine of the waxbill family that breeds in western and central Africa. It is found in forest, mangrove and shrubland within the African tropical rainforest zone. Hartlaub described it in 1844. The bird belongs to the Estrildidae, the group that includes waxbills, munias and their allies. Its range is given as an estimated 3,000,000 km2.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Estrildidae — Waxbills, Munias & Allies
- Breeding range
- Africa: w, c
