Bird Brunhilda
Brunhilda is a genus of small seed-eating birds in the waxbill family Estrildidae.
The species are found in Sub-Saharan Africa.
| Brunhilda | |
|---|---|
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| Black-faced waxbill (Brunhilda erythronotos) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Estrildidae |
| Genus: | Brunhilda Reichenbach, 1862 |
| Type species | |
| Fringilla erythronotos black-faced waxbill Vieillot, 1817 | |
Taxonomy
The genus Brunhilda was introduced in 1862 by the German naturalist Ludwig Reichenbach for the black-faced waxbill. Brunhild is a female character of Germanic and Norse legend. The genus was considered as a junior synonym of Estrilda but was resurrected when a molecular phylogenetic study published in 2020 found that Estrilda was paraphyletic.
Species
The genus contains two species:
| Image | Common Name | Scientific name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black-cheeked waxbill | Brunhilda charmosyna | Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan and Tanzania | |
| | Black-faced waxbill | Brunhilda erythronotos | Angola, Botswana, Kenya, Namibia, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe |
References
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