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The black-cheeked waxbill or red-rumped waxbill (''Brunhilda charmosyna'') is a common species of estrildid finch found in east Africa. It has an estimated global extent of occurrence of .
It is found in
BirdLife Species Factsheet
black-cheeked waxbill Birds of the Horn of Africa black-cheeked waxbill Birds of East Africa Taxobox binomials not recognized by IUCN {{Estrildidae-stub
The black-cheeked waxbill or red-rumped waxbill (''Brunhilda charmosyna'') is a common species of estrildid finch found in east Africa. It has an estimated global extent of occurrence of .
It is found in Ethiopia
Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ኢትዮጵያ, Ítiyop'iya, aa, Itiyoppiya officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the ...
, Kenya
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, Somalia
Somalia, , Osmanya script: 𐒈𐒝𐒑𐒛𐒐𐒘𐒕𐒖; ar, الصومال, aṣ-Ṣūmāl officially the Federal Republic of SomaliaThe ''Federal Republic of Somalia'' is the country's name per Article 1 of thProvisional Constituti ...
, South Sudan
South Sudan (; din, Paguot Thudän), officially the Republic of South Sudan ( din, Paankɔc Cuëny Thudän), is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is bordered by Ethiopia, Sudan, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the C ...
and Tanzania
Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It borders Uganda to the north; Kenya to the northeast; Comoro Islands and ...
. The status of the species is evaluated as Least Concern
A least-concern species is a species that has been categorized by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) as evaluated as not being a focus of species conservation because the specific species is still plentiful in the wild. T ...
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Two subspecies
In biological classification, subspecies is a rank below species, used for populations that live in different areas and vary in size, shape, or other physical characteristics (morphology), but that can successfully interbreed. Not all species ...
are recognised:
* ''B. c. charmosyna'' (Reichenow, 1881) – south Sudan, Ethiopia, south Somalia, northeast Uganda and north Kenya
* ''B. c. kiwanukae'' (Van Someren, 1919) – south Kenya and Tanzania
References
BirdLife Species Factsheet
black-cheeked waxbill Birds of the Horn of Africa black-cheeked waxbill Birds of East Africa Taxobox binomials not recognized by IUCN {{Estrildidae-stub