Abundance: 0.06 to 6.01% (median 1.16%)

Latitudinal range: -30.4° to 40.2°

Habitats: mangrove (1), temperate broadleaf/mixed forest (1), tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (4), tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (3), tropical/subtropical savanna (4)

Found in 13 samples

Angola: Cangandala National Park

Brazil: Estuário do rio Mamanguape

Burkina Faso: Cascades Region (2011)

Cameroon: Nyong River

Ghana: Samole (wet season)

Kenya: Nyeri County, Kakamega Forest

Nigeria: Jos Wildlife Park

Portugal: Mata Nacional do Choupal

South Africa: Umdoni Park, Tonqani

Uganda: Makerere University Biological Field Station (unlogged), Makerere University Biological Field Station (logged)

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