Orange-cheeked Waxbill Estrilda melpoda Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (35)
- Monotypic
Robert B. Payne
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated February 23, 2013
Text last updated February 23, 2013
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Asturian | Estrilda de mexelles naranxes |
| Basque | Estrilda musugorria |
| Bulgarian | Оранжевобуза астрилда |
| Catalan | bec de coral de galtes taronges |
| Chinese | 橙頰梅花雀 |
| Chinese (Hong Kong SAR China) | 橙頰梅花雀 |
| Chinese (SIM) | 橙颊梅花雀 |
| Croatian | narančastolica estrilda |
| Czech | astrild oranžovolící |
| Danish | Orangekindet Astrild |
| Dutch | Oranjekaakje |
| English | Orange-cheeked Waxbill |
| English (United States) | Orange-cheeked Waxbill |
| Estonian | tulipõsk-amadiin |
| Finnish | savannivahanokka |
| French | Astrild à joues orange |
| French (Canada) | Astrild à joues orange |
| Galician | Bico de lacre de fazulas laranxa |
| German | Orangewangenastrild |
| Hungarian | Narancsarcú asztrild |
| Icelandic | Kvakstrildi |
| Japanese | ホオアカカエデチョウ |
| Norwegian | oransjekinnastrild |
| Polish | astryld złotolicy |
| Portuguese (Angola) | Bico-de-lacre-de-faces-laranjas |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Faces-laranja |
| Russian | Оранжевощёкий астрильд |
| Serbian | Narandžastoobrazna astrilda |
| Slovak | astrilda oranžolíca |
| Spanish | Estrilda Carinaranja |
| Spanish (Puerto Rico) | Veterano |
| Spanish (Spain) | Estrilda carinaranja |
| Swedish | orangekindad astrild |
| Turkish | Al Yanaklı Mumgaga |
| Ukrainian | Астрильд золотощокий |
Estrilda melpoda (Vieillot, 1817)
PROTONYM:
Fringilla melpoda
Vieillot, 1817. Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle, appliquée aux arts, à l'agriculture, à l'économie rurale et domestique, à la médecine, etc. Nouvelle édition 12, p.177.
TYPE LOCALITY:
India and west coast of Africa; restricted to Senegal by Neumann, 1932, Anz. Ornith. Ges. Bayern, 2, p. 154.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2024
Definitions
- ESTRILDA
- melpoda
- Melpoda
The Key to Scientific Names
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Orange-cheeked Waxbill
