Black-headed Waxbill
Estrilda atricapilla
IUCN: Least Concern
Taxonomy
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Estrildidae
- Genus
- Estrilda
- eBird Code
- blhwax1
Subspecies (3)
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Estrilda atricapilla atricapilla
far southeastern Nigeria to Cameroon, Gabon, and northwestern Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Estrilda atricapilla avakubi
central Democratic Republic of the Congo to far northeastern Angola
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Estrilda atricapilla marungensis
southeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (Marungu Mountains)
Data Sources
Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.