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