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Passeriformes / Estrildidae / Estrilda

Black-crowned Waxbill

Estrilda nonnula

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (blcwax2) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Taxonomy

Order: Passeriformes
Family: Estrildidae
Genus: Estrilda

Subspecies (3)

Estrilda nonnula eisentrauti

southern Cameroon (Mount Cameroon)
Estrilda nonnula elizae

Bioko (Gulf of Guinea)
Estrilda nonnula nonnula

Burkina Faso to southeastern Nigeria, Uganda, western Kenya, and northwestern Tanzania

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (blcwax2) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.