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Passeriformes / Estrildidae / Coccopygia

Yellow-bellied Waxbill

Coccopygia quartinia

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (yebwax2) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Taxonomy

Order: Passeriformes
Family: Estrildidae
Genus: Coccopygia

Subspecies (3)

Coccopygia quartinia kilimensis

far southeastern South Sudan, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Kenya, and northern and central Tanzania
Coccopygia quartinia quartinia

highlands of Eritrea and Ethiopia
Coccopygia quartinia stuartirwini

southern and eastern Tanzania to eastern Zimbabwe

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (yebwax2) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.