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Passeriformes / Estrildidae / Uraeginthus

Blue Waxbill

Uraeginthus angolensis

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (bubcor1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Taxonomy

Order: Passeriformes
Family: Estrildidae
Genus: Uraeginthus

Subspecies (3)

Uraeginthus angolensis angolensis

northern Angola to southern Democratic Republic of the Congo, northwestern Zambia, and northern Zimbabwe; São Tomé
Uraeginthus angolensis cyanopleurus

southern Angola, southwestern Zambia, northwestern Zimbabwe, and northern Botswana
Uraeginthus angolensis niassensis

eastern Tanzania southward to central, eastern Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, southern Zimbabwe, and eastern South Africa

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (bubcor1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.