Common or Black-faced Waxbill
Estrilda [astrild or nigriloris] (= Estrilda astrild) (Linnaeus, C 1758)
The common waxbill, also known as the St Helena waxbill, is a small passerine bird belonging to the estrildid finch family. It is native to sub-Saharan Africa but has been introduced to many other regions of the world and now has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 10,000,000 km2. It is popular and easy to keep in captivity. Source: Wikipedia
Classification
Order:Passeriformes
Family:
Estrildidae
Genus:
Estrilda
Scientific:
Estrilda astrild
Original description
Citation:
(Linnaeus, C 1758)
Reference:
Systema Naturae ed. 10
1 p.173
Protonym:
Loxia Astrild
Type locality:
Canaries, America, Africa ; restricted to Cape Town, by W. L. Sclater and Mackworth-Praed, 1918, Ibis, p. 442
Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10277#page/192/mode/1up
Avibase identifiers
Avibase ID:
ED43F1A8D71D5B16
Avibase ID:
avibase-ED43F1A8
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/ED43F1A8
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 179610
Geographic range:
- Estrilda astrild astrild: western South Africa and southeastern Botswana; introduced Trinidad and Brazil
- Estrilda astrild [jagoensis or sousae]: coastal western Angola (Benguela and Moçamedes)
- Estrilda astrild occidentalis: Ghana to Central African Republic, middle Congo River, and northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo; Bioko
- Estrilda astrild kempi: Sierra Leone to southern Guinea and Liberia
- Estrilda astrild rubriventris: coastal Gabon and lower southwestern Congo to northwestern Angola
- Estrilda astrild angolensis: plateau of western Angola
- Estrilda astrild niediecki: Angola to southwestern Zambia, northeastern Namibia, northern Botswana, and western Zimbabwe
- Estrilda astrild damarensis: Namibia and northwestern Cape Province
- Estrilda astrild peasei: Ethiopia
- Estrilda astrild minor: southern Somalia to eastern Kenya, northeastern Tanzania, Zanzibar, and Mafia Island
- Estrilda astrild massaica: Kenya east of Rift Valley to interior northern Tanzania
- Estrilda astrild [cavendishi or schoutedeni]: Tanzania, southeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia, and Malawi to Zimbabwe and Mozambique
- Estrilda astrild macmillani: South Sudan
- Estrilda astrild adesma: Uganda to eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Burundi, western Kenya, and northwestern Tanzania
- Estrilda astrild tenebridorsa: eastern South Africa, Lesotho, and Eswatini
- Estrilda nigriloris: swamps of southeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (no published records since 1950)
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Common or Black-faced Waxbill
French:
Astrild ondulé ou A. à masque noir
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Common or Black-faced Waxbill ( Estrilda [astrild or nigriloris]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Common or Black-faced Waxbill ( Estrilda [astrild or nigriloris]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Common or Black-faced Waxbill ( Estrilda [astrild or nigriloris]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Common or Black-faced Waxbill ( Estrilda [astrild or nigriloris]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Common or Black-faced Waxbill ( Estrilda [astrild or nigriloris]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Common or Black-faced Waxbill ( Estrilda [astrild or nigriloris]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Common or Black-faced Waxbill ( Estrilda [astrild or nigriloris]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Common or Black-faced Waxbill ( Estrilda [astrild or nigriloris]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Common or Black-faced Waxbill ( Estrilda [astrild or nigriloris]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Common or Black-faced Waxbill ( Estrilda [astrild or nigriloris]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Common or Black-faced Waxbill ( Estrilda [astrild or nigriloris]) |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): Common Waxbill ( Estrilda astrild) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Common Waxbill ( Estrilda astrild) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): Common Waxbill ( Estrilda astrild) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Common Waxbill ( Estrilda astrild) [version 1] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: species group (sometimes a species)
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Other synonyms
See also the taxonomic synonyms table.
Afrikaans: Rooibeksysie
Catalan: Bec de corall senegalès
Catalan (Balears): Bec de corall senegalès
Czech: astrild vlnkovaný
Danish: Helenaastrild
German: Wellenastrild
English: Common or Black-faced Waxbill, Common Waxbill
Esperanto: Koralbeka estrildo
Spanish: Estrilda Común, Pico de Coral
Spanish (Uruguay): Pico de Lacre
Estonian: vahanokk-amadiin
Basque: Bec de corall senegalès
Finnish: vahanokka
French: Astrild ondulé, Astrild ondulé ou A. à masque noir
Galician: Bico de coral común
Hebrew: אסטרילדה
Hungarian: asztrild
Icelandic: Fagurstrildi
Italian: Astrilde comune, Astrilde di Sant'Elena
Japanese (romaji): onagakaedechou
Japanese: オナガカエデチョウ
Kwangali: Katjikilili
Scientific: Estrilda [astrild or nigriloris], Estrilda astrild, Estrilda astrild astrild, Fringilla undulata, Loxia Astrild
Lithuanian: Raiboji astrilda
Dutch: Sint-helenafazantje
Norwegian: Vatreastrild
Polish: astryld falisty
Portuguese: Bico-de-lacre
Portuguese (Brazil): Bico-de-lacre
Russian: Волнистый астрильд
Slovak: astrilda vlnkovaná
Slovenian: rečna astrilda
Sotho, Southern: Borahane
Swedish: Helenaastrild
Swahili: Mshigi Kawaida
Turkish: Mumgaga
Tsonga: Xindzingiri bhanga
Tahitian: vini
Ukrainian: Астрильд смугастий
Xhosa: Intshiyane
Chinese: 梅花雀
Chinese (Traditional): 橫斑梅花雀
Zulu: iNtiyane
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