Yellow-bellied waxbill

The yellow-bellied waxbill (Coccopygia quartinia) is a species of estrildid finch native to East Africa. The bird is now named yellow-bellied swee.[2]

Yellow-bellied waxbill
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Estrildidae
Genus: Coccopygia
Species:
C. quartinia
Binomial name
Coccopygia quartinia
(Bonaparte, 1850)
Synonyms

Estrilda quartinia

It breeds in east central and south-eastern Africa. Some taxonomists consider it to be conspecific with the swee waxbill.

References
  1. BirdLife International 2016. Coccopygia quartinia. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T103815089A104209739. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T103815089A104209739.en. Downloaded on 21 August 2019.
  2. The Internet Bird Collection
  • Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2012. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.7. Downloaded from
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