Orange-cheeked Waxbill
Estrilda melpoda(Vieillot, LJP, 1817)
English (US) Orange-cheeked Waxbill
The Orange-cheeked Waxbill (Estrilda melpoda) 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: Senegambia to Democratic Republic of the Congo, northern Angola, and northern ZambiaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Estrilda melpoda
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Orange-cheeked Waxbill
- Described by
- (Vieillot, LJP, 1817)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Fringilla melpoda
- Described by
- (Vieillot, LJP, 1817)
- Type locality
- India and west coast of Africa; restricted to Senegal by Neumann, 1932, Anz. Ornith. Ges. Bayern, 2, p. 154.
- Original description
- Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle, appliquée aux arts, à l'agriculture, à l'économie rurale et domestique, à la médecine, etc. Nouvelle édition 12 p.177
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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