Yellow-bellied waxbill | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Estrildidae |
Genus: | Coccopygia |
Species: | C. quartinia |
Binomial name | |
Coccopygia quartinia (Bonaparte, 1850) | |
Synonyms | |
Estrilda quartinia |
The yellow-bellied waxbill (Coccopygia quartinia) is a species of estrildid finch native to East Africa. The bird is now named yellow-bellied swee. [2]
It breeds in east central and south-eastern Africa. Some taxonomists consider it to be conspecific with the swee waxbill.
The small minivet is a small passerine bird. This minivet is found in tropical southern Asia from the Indian subcontinent east to Indonesia.
The red-cheeked cordon-bleu or red-cheeked cordonbleu is a small passerine bird in the family Estrildidae. This estrildid finch is a resident breeding bird in drier regions of tropical Sub-Saharan Africa. Red-cheeked cordon-bleu has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 7,700,000 km2.
The common waxbill, also known as the St Helena waxbill, is a small passerine bird belonging to the estrildid finch family. It is native to sub-Saharan Africa but has been introduced to many other regions of the world and now has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 10,000,000 km2. It is popular and easy to keep in captivity.
The blue waxbill, also called southern blue waxbill, blue-breasted waxbill, southern cordon-bleu, blue-cheeked cordon-bleu, blue-breasted cordon-bleu and Angola cordon-bleu, is a common species of estrildid finch found in Southern Africa. It is also relatively commonly kept as an aviary bird.
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The Usambara eagle-owl, also called the East African nduk eagle-owl or Vosseier's eagle-owl, is a taxon of owl in the family Strigidae. It is now regarded as a subspecies of Fraser's eagle-owl. It is endemic to the Usambara Mountains in Tanga Region of Tanzania.
Estrilda is a genus of estrildid finch in the family Estrildidae.
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The Tsavo sunbird is a small passerine bird of Kenya and Tanzania. It is sometimes lumped with the purple-banded sunbird.
The Angola waxbill is a species of estrildid finch endemic to Angola. Some taxonomists consider it to be conspecific with the swee waxbill.
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