Avibase: Amandava subflava (Orange-breasted Waxbill)

Orange-breasted Waxbill

Amandava subflava (Vieillot, LJP 1819)

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Partial list of sound recordings available from xeno-canto & macaulaylibrary.org.

Species name	Recordist	Date	Location	Remarks	Cat.nr.
Orange-breasted Waxbill - Amandava subflava clarkei	Nature sounds by Simply Birding	2012-01-04	Ekurhuleni (near Nigel), East Rand, Gauteng, Springs (South Africa) (1600 m)	adult, female, flight call, male - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	649901 xeno-canto.org
Orange-breasted Waxbill - Amandava subflava clarkei	Nature sounds by Simply Birding	2012-01-03	Ekurhuleni (near Nigel), East Rand, Gauteng, Springs (South Africa) (1600 m)	adult, female, male - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	649902 xeno-canto.org
Orange-breasted Waxbill - Amandava subflava	Peter Boesman	2016-09-16	River wetland east of Mbala, Northern province, Northern (pre-2011) (Zambia)	call - [sono]	338906 xeno-canto.org
Orange-breasted Waxbill - Amandava subflava	Dries Van de Loock	2020-07-22	Chikuni, Bangweulu, Northern (pre-2011) (Zambia) (1200 m)	call - flushed bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	584682 xeno-canto.org
Orange-breasted Waxbill - Amandava subflava	Derek Solomon	21-06-05	South Luangwa National Park Home , Eastern (pre-2011) (Zambia) (510 m)	Call (A) -	41469 xeno-canto.org
Orange-breasted Waxbill - Amandava subflava	Dries Van de Loock	2024-01-06	Ntanda Cottage, Chingola, Copperbelt Province, Chingola (Zambia) (1300 m)	call - [sono]	872300 xeno-canto.org
Orange-breasted Waxbill - Amandava subflava	Peter Boesman	2016-09-16	River wetland east of Mbala, Northern province, Northern (pre-2011) (Zambia)	call - [sono]	338905 xeno-canto.org
Orange-breasted Waxbill - Amandava subflava subflava	Bram Piot	2020-02-16	Lac Mbeubeusse, Dakar, Dakar (Senegal) (0 m)	adult, call - Single bird calling while perched and in flight, on edge of reedbed bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	528267 xeno-canto.org
Zebra Waxbill - Amandava subflava	John Kinghorn - BirdLife South Africa	2026-06-07	, Mpumalanga (South Africa)	-	659245851 macaulaylibrary.org
Orange-breasted Waxbill - Amandava subflava	Frank Lambert	2015-12-04	Malawi, Lilongwe airport dambo, Central Region, Lilongwe (Malawi) (1220 m)	call, flight call, perched and in flight - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	309970 xeno-canto.org
Zebra Waxbill - Amandava subflava	Phil Gregory \| Sicklebill Safaris \| www.birder.travel	2015-04-04	, Northern (former region) (Ghana)	-	203981191 macaulaylibrary.org
Orange-breasted Waxbill - Amandava subflava	Phil Gregory	2015-04-04	Nasia Pond, West Mamprusi, Northern, Northern (former region) (Ghana) (120 m)	call - Bird sat close by in some thicket bushes, presumably an immature as it had pale underparts bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	234988 xeno-canto.org
Orange-breasted Waxbill - Amandava subflava	Peter Boesman	2017-12-15	Mkushi farm region, Central province, Central (Zambia)	call - [sono]	397822 xeno-canto.org
Orange-breasted Waxbill - Amandava subflava subflava	Bram Piot	2017-03-26	Mbuela, Kisantu, Bas-Congo, Kongo Central (Democratic Republic of the Congo) (550 m)	call - Single bird calling while flying over bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	361881 xeno-canto.org
Zebra Waxbill - Sporaeginthus subflavus	Andrew Spencer	2015-09-21	Suikerbosrand Nature Reserve--northeast corner, Gauteng, South Africa, Gauteng (South Africa)	- Calls from a flock repeatedly flushing.	212071371 macaulaylibrary.org
Zebra Waxbill - Sporaeginthus subflavus	David Guarnieri	2018-02-10	Paradise Lost, Central, Kenya, Central (former) (Kenya)	-	85319251 macaulaylibrary.org
Zebra Waxbill - Amandava subflava	Ken Behrens	2021-08-29	River Valley - Morro de Moco (ANGOLA BIRDING ROUTE), Huambo, Angola, Huambo (Angola)	-	399304751 macaulaylibrary.org
Orange-breasted Waxbill - Amandava subflava subflava	Bram Piot	2017-03-26	Mbuela, Kisantu, Bas-Congo, Kongo Central (Democratic Republic of the Congo) (550 m)	call - Small flock in a field bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	361793 xeno-canto.org
Zebra Waxbill - Amandava subflava	Ken Behrens	2021-08-29	River Valley - Morro de Moco (ANGOLA BIRDING ROUTE), Huambo, Angola, Huambo (Angola)	-	398299511 macaulaylibrary.org
Orange-breasted Waxbill - Amandava subflava subflava	Bram Piot	2014-05-11	Les Trois Marigots, Saint-Louis, Saint-Louis (Senegal) (10 m)	call - Contact calls by small flock feeding in grasses. Syn. Zebra Waxbill bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	178027 xeno-canto.org
Zebra Waxbill - Sporaeginthus subflavus	Peter G. Kaestner	1978-03-26	0.5 km N of NYANKUNDE, Orientale, DR Congo, Orientale (Democratic Republic of the Congo)	-	1530 macaulaylibrary.org
Orange-breasted Waxbill - Amandava subflava	Peter Boesman	2017-12-15	Mkushi farm region, Central province, Central (Zambia)	call - Calls of a large group.	397821 xeno-canto.org
Orange-breasted Waxbill - Amandava subflava subflava	Bram Piot	2019-11-03	Réserve de faune de Ndiael, Saint-Louis, Saint-Louis (Senegal) (0 m)	call - Small flock on edge of wetland bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	506143 xeno-canto.org
Orange-breasted Waxbill - Amandava subflava	Frank Lambert	2015-12-04	Malawi, Lilongwe airport dambo, Central Region, Lilongwe (Malawi) (1220 m)	call, flight call, perched and in flight - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	309968 xeno-canto.org

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