Black-rumped Waxbill

Estrilda troglodytes

IUCN: Least Concern

Taxonomy

Order
Passeriformes
Family
Estrildidae
Genus
Estrilda
eBird Code
bkrwax

Distribution

southern Mauritania and Senegambia eastward to southern Sudan, South Sudan, Eritrea, Uganda, and western Kenya; also widely introduced, to Spain, Japan, Hawaiian Islands, Puerto Rico, Guadeloupe, and Martinique (both in central Lesser Antilles)

Data Sources

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.