Yellow-bellied waxbill
Appearance
Yellow-bellied waxbill | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Estrildidae |
Genus: | Coccopygia |
Species: | C. quartinia
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Binomial name | |
Coccopygia quartinia (Bonaparte, 1850)
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Synonyms | |
Estrilda quartinia |
The yellow-bellied waxbill (Coccopygia quartinia) is species of estrildid finch native to East Africa. The bird is now named yellow-bellied swee.[2]
It breeds in east central and south-eastern Africa. Some taxonomists consider it to be conspecific with the swee waxbill.
References
- ^ BirdLife International 2016. Coccopygia quartinia. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T103815089A104209739. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T103815089A104209739.en. Downloaded on 21 August 2019.
- ^ The Internet Bird Collection
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2012. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.7. Downloaded from [1]