Birds of the World

    PASSERIFORMES: Estrildidae (Waxbills, Munias & Allies)  
Genus: Estrilda (11 species)


Common Waxbill
Common Waxbill (Estrilda astrild)
Range: AF: w, c, e, s
Johannesburg, South Africa  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


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Black-headed Waxbill (Estrilda atricapilla)
Range: AF: c
 



Kandt's Waxbill
Kandt's Waxbill (Estrilda kandti keniensis)
Range: AF: ec DR Congo, w Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and c Kenya
Castle Forest Lodge, Kimunye Kirinyaga District, Kerugoya, Kenya  
 
Photograph by Peter R. Steward     Copyright and usage info


Orange-cheeked Waxbill
Orange-cheeked Waxbill (Estrilda melpoda)
Range: AF: s Mauritania, Senegal and Gambia to s Chad, Central African Republic, se Sudan and Ethiopia, Gabon, n Angola, and DR Congo, w Burundi and n Zambia
Butterfly World, Florida,  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


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Black-lored Waxbill (Estrilda nigriloris)
Range: AF: sc DR Congo
 



Black-crowned Waxbill
Black-crowned Waxbill (Estrilda nonnula nonnula)
Range: AF: c
Kibale NP, Uganda  
 
Photograph by Francesco Veronesi     Copyright and usage info


Fawn-breasted Waxbill
Fawn-breasted Waxbill (Estrilda paludicola benguellensis)
Range: AF: c, ec
Sakania, Democratic Republic of Congo  
 
Photograph by Nigel Voaden   © All Rights Reserved.

Fawn-breasted Waxbill
Fawn-breasted Waxbill (Estrilda paludicola)
Range: AF: c, ec
Gibe Valley, Ethiopia  
 
Photograph by Nik Borrow     Copyright and usage info


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Anambra Waxbill (Estrilda poliopareia) Near Threatened
Range: AF: s Benin, s Nigeria
 



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Crimson-rumped Waxbill (Estrilda rhodopyga)
Range: AF: ne, e
 



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Arabian Waxbill (Estrilda rufibarba)
Range: PAL: sw Saudi Arabia and w, c Yemen (sw Arabian Pen.)
 



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Black-rumped Waxbill (Estrilda troglodytes)
Range: AF: Mauritania to Liberia and e to Eritrea, Ethiopia and w Kenya
   




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