Bird watching in Africa - Yellow-bellied Waxbill, Coccopygia quartinia

Length: 9 - 10 cm
Wingspan:
Weight: 6 - 8 g
Longevity:
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Similar Species • From opus at www.birdforum.net the forum for wild birds and birding.
Female / Male • From opus at www.birdforum.net the forum for wild birds and birding.

The Yellow-bellied Waxbill (Coccopygia quartinia) is species of estrildid finch native to East Africa. The bird is now named yellow-bellied swee.

It breeds in east central and south-eastern Africa. Some taxonomists consider it to be conspecific with the swee waxbill.

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Length: 9 - 10 cm

Wingspan:

Weight: 6 - 8 g

Longevity:

Distinctive Feature

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Similar Species

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From opus at www.birdforum.net the forum for wild birds and birding.

Female / Male

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From opus at www.birdforum.net the forum for wild birds and birding.

Listen to the Yellow-bellied Waxbill

Sound from www.xeno-canto.org

Remarks from the Recordist

Calls from a fairly large flock of this species moving through a weedy margin of a road through secondary forest.

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T103815089A104209739.
https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T103815089A104209739.en. Downloaded on 21 August 2019.

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