Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (46)
- Subspecies (15)
Robert B. Payne, Arnau Bonan, and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated May 13, 2019
Text last updated May 13, 2019
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Rooibeksysie |
| Arabic | شمعي المنقار الشائع |
| Asturian | Estrilda común |
| Basque | Estrilda mokogorria |
| Bulgarian | Вълниста астрилда |
| Catalan | bec de coral del Senegal |
| Chinese | 橫斑梅花雀 |
| Chinese (Hong Kong SAR China) | Common Waxbill |
| Chinese (SIM) | 梅花雀 |
| Croatian | prugasta estrilda |
| Czech | astrild vlnkovaný |
| Danish | Helenaastrild |
| Dutch | Sint-Helenafazantje |
| English | Common Waxbill |
| English (United States) | Common Waxbill |
| Estonian | vahanokk-amadiin |
| Finnish | vahanokka |
| French | Astrild ondulé |
| French (Canada) | Astrild ondulé |
| Galician | Bico de lacre ondulado |
| German | Wellenastrild |
| Greek | Κοινή Λαμπρόσπιζα |
| Hebrew | פרושית אדומת-משקפיים |
| Hungarian | Helena-pinty |
| Icelandic | Fagurstrildi |
| Japanese | オナガカエデチョウ |
| Latvian | Viļņainais vasknibis |
| Lithuanian | Paprastoji astrilda |
| Norwegian | vatreastrild |
| Polish | astryld falisty |
| Portuguese (Angola) | Bico-de-lacre-comum |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | bico-de-lacre |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Bico-de-lacre |
| Romanian | Astrild cu cioc roșu |
| Russian | Волнистый астрильд |
| Serbian | Talasasta astrilda |
| Slovak | astrilda vlnkovaná |
| Slovenian | Rečna astrilda |
| Spanish | Estrilda Común |
| Spanish (Argentina) | Pico Coral |
| Spanish (Spain) | Estrilda común |
| Spanish (Uruguay) | Pico de Lacre |
| Swedish | helenaastrild |
| Turkish | Mumgaga |
| Ukrainian | Астрильд смугастий |
| Zulu | intiyanelijwayelekile |
Estrilda astrild (Linnaeus, 1758)
PROTONYM:
Loxia Astrild
Linnaeus, 1758. Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1, p.173.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Canaries, America, Africa ; restricted to Cape Town, by W. L. Sclater and Mackworth-Praed, 1918, Ibis, p. 442
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2024
Definitions
- ESTRILDA
- astrild
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 Common Waxbill
