African waxbills

07:58 Jul 17, 2007
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English to Italian translations [PRO]
Science - Zoology / Uccelli
English term or phrase: African waxbills
Contesto:

This food is a special mixture with wild seeds and a lot of small seeds, for African waxbills and other small tropical finches

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Alberto
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1astrildidi africani
Andrés Martínez
3astrilde comune
Marta Bevanda


  

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african waxbills
astrilde comune


Explanation:
il nome scientifico dei (common) african waxbills e' Estrilda astrild; Astrilde comune in italiano

http://elibrary.unm.edu/sora/Wilson/v093n02/p0281-p0282.pdf
http://www.ciso-coi.org/checklist.htm




Marta Bevanda
Netherlands
Local time: 03:41
Native speaker of: Italian
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african waxbills
astrildidi africani


Explanation:
astrildidi africani

There are several species of african waxbills:

http://www.africanwaxbills.flyer.co.uk
(...)
So far we have kept and bred ***Orange cheeked Waxbills, Red eared Waxbills and Gold breast waxbills (African Waxbills)***,

Common name: Scientific name:
Orange Cheeked Waxbill Estrilda melpoda
Gold-Breasted Waxbill - Estrilda troglodytes

Genus "Estrilda" seems to be the most numerous.


http://www.swahili.it/glossword/index.php?a=term&t=ae5cafada...

astrilde
[astrilde]

♦ Astrilde Blù (Granatina angolensis, ornit.); Astrilde Guace Bianche (Nesocharis capistrata, ornit.); Astrilde Guance Arancio (Estrilda melpoda, ornit.); Astrilde Guance Nere (Estrilda erythronota, ornit.); Astrilde Schelleyi (Nesocharis schelleyi, ornit.); Astrilde Testa Nera (Estrilda atricapilla, ornit.); Astrilde Verde Punteggiata (Mandingoa nifidula, ornit.); Astrilde dal Capo Blù (Granatina cyanocephala, ornit.); Astrilde dal Collare Bianco (Nesocharis ansorgei, ornit.); Astrilde dal Groppone Rosso (Estrilda rhodopygia, ornit.); Astrilde di Sant' Elena (Estrilda astrild, ornit.)



MARCHE... anche Diamanti Guttato e altri Diamanti australiani, Golatagliata, Astrildi Testa blu e altri ***Astrildidi africani***, Melba ali rosse e Melba ali gialle, ...
www.forumfree.net/?t=13146751


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Note added at 38 mins (2007-07-17 08:37:20 GMT)
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http://www.avifaunafree.com/art bertalli amadine.htm

Specie appartenente alla famiglia degli Astrildidi Estrildidue ed originaria del continente africano, proviene dalle regioni interne ed occidentali del Sud Africa dove la si incontra sino nei territori costieri dell'Angola.



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Note added at 41 mins (2007-07-17 08:40:16 GMT)
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Holdings, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology Bird Division- Particular strengths are in the grebes (Podicipediformes), shorebirds and alcids (Charadriiformes), ***African waxbills (Estrildidae)*** and viduine finches ...
www.ummz.umich.edu/birds/collection/holdings.html


Andrés Martínez
Spain
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