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  • proper noun A taxonomic genus within the family Estrildidae.

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Examples

  • All the near-endemic species except the Cinderella waxbill (Estrilda thomensis) are restricted to rocky habitats.

    Namibian savanna woodlands 2008

  • For example, the endemic Cinderella waxbill (Estrilda thomensis, LR) is restricted to the Kunene Riverbed.

    Kaokoveld desert 2008

  • Some introduced resident landbirds are waxbill (Estrilda astrild), common myna (Acridotheres tristis), and canary (Serinus flaviventris).

    Ascension scrub and grasslands 2008

  • The area also hosts the threatened black-faced waxbill (Estrilda nogriloris).

    Central Zambezian Miombo woodlands 2007

  • However, the near-endemic bird, Anambra waxbill (Estrilda poliopareia, VU), is considered to be typical of Niger-Cross region.

    Cross-Niger transition forests 2007

  • There he goes in search of Estrilda, thinking to rescue her, but is shocked and hurt to find she has happily abandoned him for a Mercian lord.

    01/01/2006 - 01/08/2006 Miss Snark 2006

  • But Wulfric is still bound by his betrothal to Estrilda, obliged to avenge his brother Aelfric's murder, and owes a duty of protection to the people on his old lands.

    01/01/2006 - 01/08/2006 Miss Snark 2006

  • But Wulfric is still bound by his betrothal to Estrilda, obliged to avenge his brother Aelfric's murder, and owes a duty of protection to the people on his old lands.

    Archive 2006-01-01 Miss Snark 2006

  • There he goes in search of Estrilda, thinking to rescue her, but is shocked and hurt to find she has happily abandoned him for a Mercian lord.

    Archive 2006-01-01 Miss Snark 2006

  • His hopes are clear; to be a worthy leader of his warband; to protect the border lands from enemy raiders; to marry his betrothed, the beautiful Estrilda; and to support his idolised elder brother Aelfric, heir to the throne.

    01/01/2006 - 01/08/2006 Miss Snark 2006

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