Angola waxbill

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Angola waxbill
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Estrildidae
Genus: Coccopygia
Species:
C. bocagei
Binomial name
Coccopygia bocagei
Shelley, 1903

The Angola waxbill (Coccopygia bocagei) is a species of estrildid finch endemic to Angola. Some taxonomists consider it to be conspecific with the swee waxbill.

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References

  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Coccopygia bocagei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T103815110A104209120. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T103815110A104209120.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021.