Fawn-breasted Waxbill

Estrilda paludicola

IUCN: Least Concern

Taxonomy

Order
Passeriformes
Family
Estrildidae
Genus
Estrilda
eBird Code
fabwax1

Subspecies (6)

  • Estrilda paludicola benguellensis

    Angola, southern Democratic Republic of the Congo and northern Zambia

  • Estrilda paludicola marwitzi

    southwestern Tanzania

  • Estrilda paludicola ochrogaster

    western Ethiopia and eastern South Sudan

  • Estrilda paludicola paludicola

    Central African Republic, southern Sudan, western South Sudan, northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, northern and central Uganda, and western Kenya

  • Estrilda paludicola roseicrissa

    eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Burundi, southwestern Uganda, and northwestern Tanzania

  • Estrilda paludicola ruthae

    Congo and adjacent Gabon and western Democratic Republic of the Congo

Data Sources

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.