Yellow-bellied waxbill
Species of bird
| Yellow-bellied waxbill | |
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Conservation status | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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
- 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 [1]
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