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Passeriformes / Estrildidae / Estrilda

Black-headed Waxbill

Estrilda atricapilla

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (blhwax1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Taxonomy

Order: Passeriformes
Family: Estrildidae
Genus: Estrilda

Subspecies (3)

Estrilda atricapilla atricapilla

far southeastern Nigeria to Cameroon, Gabon, and northwestern Democratic Republic of the Congo
Estrilda atricapilla avakubi

central Democratic Republic of the Congo to far northeastern Angola
Estrilda atricapilla marungensis

southeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (Marungu Mountains)

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (blhwax1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.