Waxbills (Estrildidae)
Swee Waxbill (Coccopygia melanotis) - HBW 15, p. 307
French: Astrild à joues noires
German: Kapgrünastrild
Spanish: Estrilda Ventrigualda Meridional
Other common names: Black-faced Swee Waxbill, Yellow-bellied/Green/Dufresnaye's Waxbill, Southern Swee
Taxonomy: Fringilla melanotis Temminck, 1823, "Pays de Cafres" = eastern Cape Province, South Africa.
Genus often subsumed in Estrilda, but not closely related to latter. This species and C. bocagei and C. quartinia thought to form a superspecies; often treated as conspecific, but differ morphologically and in behaviour. Monotypic.
Distribution: SC Zimbabwe, N E & S South Africa, Swaziland and E Lesotho, also extreme SW Mozambique (Lebombo Mts).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Juvenile Locality South Africa
Conan Guard 1 January 2009 4 years ago 13 sec 3.8 -
Three juveniles preening Locality South Africa
Conan Guard 1 December 2008 4 years ago 19 sec 3.7 -
A group of birds feeding on the ground Locality Cape Town, Western Cape Province, South Africa (Monotypic species)
Helmut Schenkel Brunner 31 July 2003 5 years ago 22 sec 3.5 -
A small flock containing males and females feeding on the ground Locality Paarl Mountain Nature Reserve, Paarl, Western Cape Province, South Africa (Monotypic species)
Greg Baker 27 September 2002 36 weeks ago 17 sec 3.3 -
A male foraging on the ground Locality Paarl Mountain Nature Reserve, Paarl, Western Cape Province, South Africa (Monotypic species)
Greg Baker 27 September 2002 36 weeks ago 8 sec 3 -
A female feeding on the ground Locality Paarl Mountain Nature Reserve, Paarl, Western Cape Province, South Africa (Monotypic species)
Greg Baker 27 September 2002 36 weeks ago 7 sec 3
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Coming into feed in the garden of a guest house.
Locality Wilderness, Western Cape Province, South Africa (ssp malanotis)
Sam Woods 28 September 2009 3 years ago 4 -
A male perched on fynbos shrubs.
Locality Sir Lowry's Pass, Western Cape Province, South Africa (Monotypic species)
Carmelo López 26 November 2010 2 years ago 3.2 -
Foraging on a lawn
Locality Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens, Cape Town, Western Cape Province, South Africa
Lindsay Hansch 1 October 2008 2 years ago 3 -
A female perched on a rock.
Locality Sir Lowry's Pass, Western Cape Province, South Africa (Monotypic species)
Carmelo López 26 November 2010 2 years ago 2.5
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A single bird in grass near Mac-Mac falls. 16:38. Locality Sabie, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa
Charles Hesse 31 December 2009 3 years ago 2
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