Swee Waxbill
Coccopygia melanotis(Temminck, CJ, 1823)
English (US) Swee Waxbill
The Swee Waxbill (Coccopygia melanotis) 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: southern Zimbabwe, eastern and southern South Africa, Eswatini, and Lesotho, also far southwestern Mozambique (Lebombo Mountains)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Coccopygia melanotis
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Swee Waxbill
- Described by
- (Temminck, CJ, 1823)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Fringilla melanotis
- Described by
- (Temminck, CJ, 1823)
- Type locality
- 'Pays des Cafres' [= eastern Cape Province] .
- Original description
- Nouveau recueil de planches coloriées d'oiseaux, pour servir de suite et de complément aux planches enluminées de Buffon livr.37, vol.3 pl.221 fig.1
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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