Black-headed Waxbill

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Black-headed Waxbill
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Estrildidae
Genus: Estrilda
Species: E. atricapilla
Binomial name
Estrilda atricapilla
Verreaux & Verreaux, 1851

The Black-headed Waxbill Estrilda atricapilla is a common species of estrildid finch found in central Africa. It has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 620,000 kmĀ².

It is found in Angola, Burundi, Congo, Cameroon, Congo, The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda. The status of the species is evaluated as Least Concern.

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