Fawn-breasted Waxbill

Estrilda paludicola

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernSeedsGrasslandDomed nestTiny · 8 g

When to see the Fawn-breasted 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 Fawn-breasted Waxbill

Regular range

The map shades 13 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

About the Fawn-breasted Waxbill

The fawn-breasted waxbill is a common species of estrildid finch found in central Africa. It has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 1,800,000 km2. Estrilda paludicola, E. ochrogaster and E. poliopareia have been lumped into E. paludicola.

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