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English Common Waxbill
Scientific (Estrilda astrild)
Order PASSERIFORMES
Family (Latin) Estrildidae
Family (English) Waxbills, Munias & Allies
Other name(s)
Breeding Regions AF
Breeding Range Subregions w, c, e, s
Nonbreeding Range Subregions
Countries (BETA)map Angola,Benin,Bermuda(I),Botswana,Brazil(I),Burundi,Cameroon,Cape Verde,Central African Republic,Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo,Equatorial Guinea,Ethiopia,French Polynesia(I),Gabon,Ghana,Gibraltar,Guinea,Ivory Coast,Kenya, Lesotho,Liberia,Madagascar,Malawi,Mali,Mauritius(I),Mozambique,Namibia,New Caledonia(I),Nigeria, Portugal,Reunion(I),Rwanda,Saint Helena(I),Sao Tome and Principe(I),Seychelles(I),Sierra Leone,Somalia,South Africa,South Sudan, Spain,Sudan,Swaziland,Tanzania,Togo,Uganda,United States - Hawaii,Uruguay(I),Vanuatu(I),Zambia, Zimbabwe,
IOC 13.1 Subspecies Group Subspecies Breeding Range
kempi Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia
astrild s Botswana and w, s South Africa
damarensis Namibia
rubriventris Gabon to nw Angola
jagoensis coastal w Angola and São Tomé
angolensis inland w Angola
niediecki c Angola to w Zimbabwe
cavendishi s DR Congo and s Tanzania to Zimbabwe and Mozambique
minor s Somalia, e Kenya, ne Tanzania and Zanzibar
massaica c Kenya to n Tanzania
adesma e DR Congo, Uganda, w Kenya to nw Tanzania
macmillani Sudan
peasei Ethiopia
occidentalis s Mali and Ivory Coast to n DR Congo and Bioko I.
tenebridorsa n, e South Africa
IUCN Status Code LC (Birdlife factsheet )
Described by (Linnaeus, 1758)
German Wellenastrild
French Astrild ondulé
Chinese 梅花雀
Japanese オナガカエデチョウ
Russian Волнистый астрильд
Spanish Estrilda común
Portuguese bico-de-lacre-comum
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Breeding Range Codes
AF Africa (entire continent rather than south of Sahara)
AN Antarctica
AO Atlantic Ocean
AU Australasia (Wallacea (Indonesian islands east of Wallace's line), New Guinea and its islands, Australia, New Zealand and its subantarctic islands, the Solomons, New Caledonia, and Vanuatu)
PAL Eurasia (Europe, Asia from the Middle East through central Asia north of the Himalayas, Siberia and northern China to Japan)
IO Indian Ocean
LA Latin America (Middle and South America)
MA Middle America (Mexico through Panama)
NA North America (includes the Caribbean)
NO Northern oceans
OR Oriental Region (South Asia from Pakistan to Taiwan, plus Southeast Asia, the Philippines, and Greater Sundas)
PO Pacific Ocean
SA South America
SO Southern oceans
TO Temperate oceans
TrO Tropical oceans
Worldwide Worldwide
IUCN Status Codes
EX Extinct
EW Extinct in the wild
CR Critically Endangered
EN Endangered
VU Vulnerable
NT Near Threatened
LC Least Concern
DD Data deficient
NE Not evaluated
PE Probably extinct (informal)
PEW Probably extinct in the wild (informal)