Yellow-bellied waxbill

Yellow-bellied waxbill
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
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.

References

1. BirdLife International (2016). "Coccopygia quartinia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T103815089A104209739. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T103815089A104209739.en . Retrieved 18 November 2021.
2. The Internet Bird Collection

• Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2012. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.7. Downloaded from