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Swee Waxbill

Coccopygia melanotis

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernSeedsShrublandDomed nestTiny · 7 g
Swee Waxbill (Coccopygia melanotis), photo 1
Photo: Christiaan Viljoen · CC BY 4.0
Swee Waxbill (Coccopygia melanotis), photo 2
Photo: Shaun Swanepoel · CC BY 4.0
Swee Waxbill (Coccopygia melanotis), photo 3
Photo: Shaun Swanepoel · CC BY 4.0
Swee Waxbill (Coccopygia melanotis), photo 4
Photo: AllyP · CC0
Swee Waxbill (Coccopygia melanotis), photo 5
Photo: Alan Manson · CC BY 4.0
Swee Waxbill (Coccopygia melanotis), photo 6
Photo: Alan Manson · CC BY 4.0
Swee Waxbill (Coccopygia melanotis), photo 7
Photo: Nicolas Huet / Jean Gabriel Prêtre · Public domain
Swee Waxbill (Coccopygia melanotis), photo 8
Photo: Derek Keats from Johannesburg, South Africa · CC BY 2.0
Swee Waxbill (Coccopygia melanotis), photo 9
Photo: Derek Keats from Johannesburg, South Africa · CC BY 2.0
Swee Waxbill (Coccopygia melanotis), photo 10
Photo: Shaun Swanepoel · CC BY 4.0

When to see the Swee Waxbill

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

Where to see the Swee Waxbill

Regular range

The map shades 7 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

South Africa Eswatini Lesotho Zimbabwe Malawi Namibia Angola

About the Swee Waxbill

The swee waxbill, is a common species of estrildid finch native to Southern Africa.

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

Easily confused with

Yellow-bellied Waxbill (Coccopygia quartinia) Yellow-bellied WaxbillCoccopygia quartiniaThe yellow-bellied waxbill is a species of estrildid finch native to East Africa. Angola Waxbill (Coccopygia bocagei) Angola WaxbillCoccopygia bocageiThe Angola waxbill is a species of estrildid finch endemic to western Angola.

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