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Passeriformes / Estrildidae / Paludipasser

Locust Finch

Paludipasser locustella

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (locust3) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Taxonomy

Order: Passeriformes
Family: Estrildidae
Genus: Paludipasser

Subspecies (2)

Paludipasser locustella locustella

Angola eastward to southern Tanzania and southward in east to central Mozambique
Paludipasser locustella uelensis

patchy from central Nigeria eastward to northern Democratic Republic of the Congo and southward to Gabon and Republic of the Congo

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (locust3) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.