Mass: 2.0 g

Diet: granivore based on Mann 1985, Erard and Brosset 2003, Gove et al. 2013, and Smith et al. 2015; omnivore based on Manhäes and Loures-Ribeiro 2005

Abundance: 0.09 to 3.60% (median 0.78%)

Latitudinal range: -26.2° to 40.2°

Habitats: mangrove (1), temperate broadleaf/mixed forest (1), tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (2), tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (1), tropical/subtropical savanna (1)

Found in 6 samples

Brazil: Estuârio do rio Mamanguape

Cameroon: Nyong River

Kenya: Nyeri County, Kakamega Forest

Portugal: Mata Nacional do Choupal

South Africa: Tonqani

	8.8 mm	N = 1
	8 mm	N = 1
	8.1 mm	N = 1

See also Estrilda, Estrilda atricapilla, Estrilda caerulescens, Estrilda melpoda, Estrilda nonnula, Estrilda perreini, Estrilda rhodopyga, Estrilda troglodytes