Yellow-bellied waxbill

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Yellow-bellied waxbill
Yellow-bellied Waxbill - Mt.Kenya NP - Kenya S4E7308 (22595164179).jpg
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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.

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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