| Coccopygia | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Swee waxbill (Coccopygia melanotis) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Estrildidae |
| Subfamily: | Estrildidae |
| Genus: | Coccopygia Reichenbach, 1862 |
| Type species | |
| Fringilla melanotis swee waxbill Temminck, 1823 | |
| Species | |
Coccopygia quartinia Contents | |
Coccopygia, is a genus of small seed-eating birds in the family Estrildidae. They are distributed across central and southern Africa.
The genus Coccopygia was introduced in 1862 by the German naturalist Ludwig Reichenbach. [1] The name combines the Ancient Greek kokkos meaning "scarlet" with -pugios meaning "-rumped". [2] The type species was designated as the swee waxbill by Richard Bowdler Sharpe in 1890. [3] [4] The genus Coccopygia is sister to the olivebacks in the genus Nesocharis . [5]
The genus contains three species: [6]
| Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Coccopygia quartinia | Yellow-bellied waxbill | East Africa |
 | Coccopygia melanotis | Swee waxbill | Southern Africa |
| Coccopygia bocagei | Angola waxbill | Angola | |
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