Yellow-bellied waxbill

Yellow-bellied waxbill
Conservation status
Not recognized (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Estrildidae
Genus: Coccopygia
Species: C. quartinia
Binomial name
Coccopygia quartinia
(Bonaparte, 1850)
Synonyms

Estrilda quartinia

The yellow-bellied waxbill (Coccopygia quartinia) is species of estrildid finch found in Sub-Saharan Africa.

It breeds in east central and south-eastern Africa. Some taxonomists consider it to be conspecific with the swee waxbill.

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