Black-headed Waxbill

When to see the Black-headed Waxbill

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 10 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is January, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Black-headed Waxbill

The map shades 8 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 - Kinshasa.

About the Black-headed Waxbill

The black-headed waxbill is a common species of estrildid finch found in central Africa. It has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 620,000 km².

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Easily confused with

Anambra WaxbillEstrilda poliopareiaThe Anambra waxbill is approximately 12 cm long. Arabian WaxbillEstrilda rufibarbaThe Arabian waxbill is a highly sociable species of estrildid finch native to Yemen and south-western Saudi Arabia. Black-lored WaxbillEstrilda nigrilorisThe black-lored waxbill is a species of estrildid finch found around the Lualaba River and Lake Upemba in the southern part of The Democratic Republic of the Congo.