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Yellow-bellied Waxbill

Coccopygia quartinia

Least ConcernSeedsShrublandDomed nestTiny · 7 g
Yellow-bellied Waxbill (Coccopygia quartinia), photo 1
Photo: (c) Mahomed Desai, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY 4.0
Yellow-bellied Waxbill (Coccopygia quartinia), photo 2
Photo: (c) Mahomed Desai, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY 4.0
Yellow-bellied Waxbill (Coccopygia quartinia), photo 3
Photo: Derek Keats from Johannesburg, South Africa · CC BY 2.0
Yellow-bellied Waxbill (Coccopygia quartinia), photo 4
Photo: Derek Keats from Johannesburg, South Africa · CC BY 2.0
Yellow-bellied Waxbill (Coccopygia quartinia), photo 5
Photo: Derek Keats from Johannesburg, South Africa · CC BY 2.0
Yellow-bellied Waxbill (Coccopygia quartinia), photo 6
Photo: Derek Keats from Johannesburg, South Africa · CC BY 2.0
Yellow-bellied Waxbill (Coccopygia quartinia), photo 7
Photo: Tremeau de Rochebrune, Alphonse · Public domain
Yellow-bellied Waxbill (Coccopygia quartinia), photo 8
Photo: Tremeau de Rochebrune, Alphonse · Public domain
Yellow-bellied Waxbill (Coccopygia quartinia), photo 9
Photo: (c) avocat, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY
Yellow-bellied Waxbill (Coccopygia quartinia), photo 10
Photo: (c) scaup, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

About the Yellow-bellied Waxbill

The yellow-bellied waxbill is a species of estrildid finch native to East Africa. The bird is now named yellow-bellied swee.

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

Where the Yellow-bellied Waxbill lives

Regular rangeRare visitor
Kenya Tanzania Zimbabwe Ethiopia Uganda Rwanda Malawi Mozambique Congo - Kinshasa Zambia Eritrea Burundi

Recorded as a rare visitor in South Sudan.

When to see the Yellow-bellied Waxbill

Peak activity in November · a resident species across most of its range

Easily confused with

Angola Waxbill (Coccopygia bocagei) Angola WaxbillCoccopygia bocageiThe Angola waxbill is a species of estrildid finch endemic to western Angola. Swee Waxbill (Coccopygia melanotis) Swee WaxbillCoccopygia melanotisThe swee waxbill, is a common species of estrildid finch native to Southern Africa.

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