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Swee or Bocage's Waxbill

Coccopygia [melanotis or bocagei] (= Coccopygia melanotis) (Temminck, CJ 1823)

The swee waxbill, is a common species of estrildid finch native to Southern Africa. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Estrildidae
Genus:
   Coccopygia
Scientific:
  Coccopygia melanotis

Original description

Citation:
  (Temminck, CJ 1823)

Reference:
   Nouv. Recueil Pl. Color. Ois. livr.37, vol.3 pl.221 fig.1

Protonym:
  Fringilla melanotis

Type locality:
  'Pays des Cafres' [= eastern Cape Province] .

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/112979#page/507/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  4F368309F043ECFD

Avibase ID:
  avibase-4F368309

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/4F368309

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 916649

Geographic range:

  • Coccopygia melanotis: southern Zimbabwe, eastern and southern South Africa, Eswatini, and Lesotho, also far southwestern Mozambique (Lebombo Mountains)
  • Coccopygia bocagei: Angola and Namibia
Source: Clements checklist
English:
Swee or Bocage's Waxbill
French:
Astrild à joues noires ou A. de Bocage

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

African Bird Club Checklist 2004:
Swee Waxbill ( Estrilda melanotis) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist August 2005:
Swee Waxbill ( Coccopygia melanotis) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist March 2007:
Swee Waxbill ( Estrilda melanotis) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist January 2008:
Swee Waxbill ( Estrilda melanotis) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist May 2009:
Swee Waxbill ( Estrilda melanotis) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist March 2010:
Swee Waxbill ( Estrilda melanotis) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Swee or Bocage's Waxbill ( Coccopygia [melanotis or bocagei])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Swee or Bocage's Waxbill ( Coccopygia [melanotis or bocagei])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Swee or Bocage's Waxbill ( Coccopygia [melanotis or bocagei])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Swee or Bocage's Waxbill ( Estrilda [melanotis or bocagei])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Swee or Bocage's Waxbill ( Estrilda [melanotis or bocagei])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Swee or Bocage's Waxbill ( Coccopygia [melanotis or bocagei])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Swee or Bocage's Waxbill ( Coccopygia [melanotis or bocagei])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Swee or Bocage's Waxbill ( Coccopygia [melanotis or bocagei])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Swee or Bocage's Waxbill ( Coccopygia [melanotis or bocagei])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Swee or Bocage's Waxbill ( Coccopygia [melanotis or bocagei])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Swee or Bocage's Waxbill ( Coccopygia [melanotis or bocagei])
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Astrild à joues noires ( Estrilda melanotis) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Astrild à joues noires ( Estrilda melanotis) [version 1]
Clements 4th edition:
Swee Waxbill ( Estrilda melanotis) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (as published):
Swee Waxbill ( Estrilda melanotis) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
Swee Waxbill ( Estrilda melanotis) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
Swee Waxbill ( Estrilda melanotis) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
Swee Waxbill ( Estrilda melanotis) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
Swee Waxbill ( Estrilda melanotis) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
Swee Waxbill ( Estrilda melanotis) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
Swee Waxbill ( Estrilda melanotis) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition:
Swee Waxbill ( Coccopygia melanotis) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
Swee Waxbill ( Coccopygia melanotis) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
Swee Waxbill ( Coccopygia melanotis) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
Swee Waxbill ( Coccopygia melanotis) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
Swee Waxbill ( Coccopygia melanotis) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
Swee Waxbill ( Coccopygia melanotis) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
Swee Waxbill ( Coccopygia melanotis) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
Swee Waxbill ( Coccopygia melanotis) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
Swee Waxbill ( Coccopygia melanotis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2015:
Swee Waxbill ( Coccopygia melanotis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2016:
Swee Waxbill ( Coccopygia melanotis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2017:
Swee Waxbill ( Coccopygia melanotis) [version 1]
Clements, version 2018:
Swee Waxbill ( Coccopygia melanotis) [version 1]
eBird version 1.50:
Swee Waxbill ( Coccopygia melanotis) [version 1]
eBird version 1.52:
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eBird version 1.53:
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eBird version 1.54:
Swee Waxbill ( Coccopygia melanotis) [version 1]
eBird version 1.55:
Swee Waxbill ( Coccopygia melanotis) [version 1]
eBird version 2015:
Swee Waxbill ( Coccopygia melanotis) [version 1]
eBird version 2016:
Swee Waxbill ( Coccopygia melanotis) [version 1]
eBird version 2017:
Swee Waxbill ( Coccopygia melanotis) [version 1]
eBird version 2018:
Swee Waxbill ( Coccopygia melanotis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
Swee Waxbill ( Estrilda melanotis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl):
Swee Waxbill ( Estrilda melanotis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
Swee Waxbill ( Estrilda melanotis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
Swee Waxbill ( Estrilda melanotis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
Swee Waxbill ( Estrilda melanotis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
Swee Waxbill ( Estrilda melanotis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
Swee Waxbill ( Estrilda melanotis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
Swee Waxbill ( Estrilda melanotis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
Swee Waxbill ( Estrilda melanotis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
Swee Waxbill ( Estrilda melanotis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
Swee Waxbill ( Estrilda melanotis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
Swee Waxbill ( Coccopygia melanotis) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
Swee Waxbill ( Coccopygia melanotis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
Swee Waxbill ( Estrilda melanotis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1:
Swee Waxbill ( Estrilda melanotis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5:
Swee Waxbill ( Estrilda melanotis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6:
Swee Waxbill ( Estrilda melanotis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7:
Swee Waxbill ( Estrilda melanotis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0:
Swee Waxbill ( Estrilda melanotis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1:
Swee Waxbill ( Estrilda melanotis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2:
Swee Waxbill ( Estrilda melanotis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3:
Swee Waxbill ( Estrilda melanotis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4:
Swee Waxbill ( Estrilda melanotis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5:
Swee Waxbill ( Estrilda melanotis) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6:
Swee Waxbill ( Estrilda melanotis) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993):
Swee Waxbill ( Estrilda melanotis) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
Swee Waxbill ( Estrilda melanotis) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
Swee Waxbill ( Estrilda melanotis) [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Estrilda melanotis [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: species group (sometimes a species)

This taxon is a subspecies of Coccopygia [melanotis, bocagei or quartinia]

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Afrikaans: Suidelike Swie
Catalan: estrilda de galtes negres
Czech: Astrild cernolící, astrild šedoprsý
Danish: Sortkindet Astrild
German: Gelbbauchastrild, Grünastrild, Grün-Astrild, Schwarzbäckchen
English: Black-faced Swee, Dufresne's Waxbill, East African Swee, Swee or Bocage's Waxbill, Swee Waxbill, Uganda Yellow-bellied Waxbill, Yellow-bellied Waxbill
English (IOC): Swee/Angolan Waxbill
Esperanto: Nigraorela kokopigio
Spanish: Astrild Swee
Spanish (Spain): Estrilda Ventrigualda Meridional
Spanish (HBW): Swee Waxbill
Estonian: oliivselg-amadiin
Finnish: Vihervahanokka
French: Astrild à joues noires, Astrild à joues noires ou A. de Bocage, Astrild à ventre jaune, Astrild de Dufresne, Astrild de Dufresne à gorge, Astrild de Dufresne à gorge noire, Astrild vert, Joue-noire
Hungarian: sárgahasú asztrild
Italian: Astrilde guancenere, Estrilda sui sui
Japanese (romaji): kibarakaedechou
Japanese: キバラカエデチョウ
Kwangali: Katjikilili
Scientific: Coccopygia [melanotis or bocagei], Coccopygia melanotis, Estrilda [melanotis or bocagei], Estrilda melanotis, Estrilda melanotis melanotis, Fringilla melanotis
Lithuanian: Geltonpilvė astrilda
Dutch: Dufresne astrilde, Groenrugastrild
Norwegian Nynorsk: Krattastrild
Norwegian: Krattastrild, Sortkinnet astrild
Polish: astryld zóltobrzuchy, astryld żółtobrzuchy
Portuguese: Bico-de-lacre-meridional
Portuguese (Portugal): Bico-de-lacre-meridional
Russian: Серогрудый астрильд
Slovak: astrilda sivoprsá
Serbian: Zelena astrilda
Swedish: Svartkindad astrild, svartkindad astrild/angolaastrild
Tsonga: Xidzingirhi
Ukrainian: Астрильд жовточеревий
Chinese: 黑颊黄腹梅花雀
Chinese (Traditional): 史威黃腹梅花雀
Zulu: ubuSukuswane

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