Black-crowned Waxbill

When to see the Black-crowned Waxbill

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is July, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Black-crowned Waxbill

The map shades 11 countries with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Recorded as a rare visitor in Congo - Brazzaville.

About the Black-crowned Waxbill

The black-crowned waxbill is a common species of estrildid finch found in western-central Africa. It has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 1,000,000 km2.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Easily confused with

Black-rumped WaxbillEstrilda troglodytesThe black-rumped waxbill is a common species of estrildid finch found in Southern Africa. Crimson-rumped WaxbillEstrilda rhodopygaThe crimson-rumped waxbill also known as rosy-rumped waxbill is a common species of estrildid finch found in eastern Africa. Fawn-breasted WaxbillEstrilda paludicolaThe fawn-breasted waxbill is a common species of estrildid finch found in central Africa.