Angola Waxbill
Coccopygia bocageiShelley, GE, 1903
English (US) Angola Waxbill
The Angola Waxbill (Coccopygia bocagei) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Estrildidae (Munias, Parrotfinches, Waxbills, and Allies) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: Angola and NamibiaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Coccopygia bocagei
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Angola Waxbill
- Described by
- Shelley, GE, 1903
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Shelley, GE, 1903
- Type locality
- Benguella, Angola ; type from Huila, see Shelley, 1905, Birds Africa, 4, p. 236.
- Original description
- Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 13 p.56
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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