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Common Waxbill
Estrilda astrild · Family Estrildidae
Estrilda astrild
Family Estrildidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Estrildidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 539,260
- Countries and territories with records
- 117
About this species
This species has 539,260 occurrence records from 117 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from South Africa (36.6%), Portugal (19.5%), Spain (13.5%), the United States (9.6%) and Brazil (8.4%); together they account for 87.5% of the total. In South Africa, this species accounts for 0.5% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Estrilda astrild combines the genus name Estrilda with the species epithet astrild. The Warbla app catalog lists 10 species of the genus Estrilda; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Estrilda melpoda, Estrilda troglodytes and Estrilda nonnula.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 120 species of the family Estrildidae. This species ranks 3rd among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Lonchura punctulata. Its record count is 12.2 times the family average (44,065). The family Estrildidae belongs to the order Passeriformes, which has 6,193 species in the Warbla app catalog.