Nesocharis | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Estrildidae |
Genus: |
Nesocharis Alexander, 1903 |
Type species | |
Nesocharis shelleyi Shelley's oliveback
Alexander, 1903
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Species | |
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Nesocharis is a genus of small seed-eating birds in the family Estrildidae. They are found in Africa.
The genus Nesocharis was introduced in 1903 by the English anthropologist Boyd Alexander with Shelley's oliveback as the type species. [1] The name Nesocharis is a combination of the Ancient Greek nēsos, meaning "island" and kharis, meaning "loveliness". [2] The genus Nesocharis is sister to the waxbills in the genus Coccopygia. [3]
The genus contains two species: [4]
Image | Scientific Name | Common Name | Distribution |
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White-collared oliveback | Nesocharis ansorgei | Burundi, The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Tanzania & Uganda | |
Shelley's oliveback | Nesocharis shelleyi | Bioko island, western Cameroon and adjacent Nigeria |