Yellow-bellied waxbill
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Estrildidae
Genus: Coccopygia
Species:
C. quartinia
Binomial name
Coccopygia quartinia
(Bonaparte, 1850)
Synonyms

Estrilda quartinia

The yellow-bellied waxbill (Coccopygia quartinia) is a 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

  1. ↑ BirdLife International (2016). "Coccopygia quartinia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T103815089A104209739. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T103815089A104209739.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ↑ 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
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