Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Waxbills and Allies :: Zebra Waxbill

Zebra Waxbill Sporaeginthus subflavus

Described by: Vieillot (1819)
Alternate common name(s): Golden-breasted Waxbill, Orange-breasted Waxbill, Goldbreast
Old scientific name(s): Neisna subflava, Amandava subflava

Photographs

Midmar Game Reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - Apr 22, 2007 © Alan Manson 
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Range

(1) Senegambia, s. Mali, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, s. Chad, Central African Republic, s. Sudan, w. Ethiopia, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya, Tanzania including Zanzibar Is., Mafia Is. and Pemba Is. and s. Arabia (Yemen).
(2) S. Zaire and Malawi.
(3) Angola, ne. Namibia, ex. n. Namibia, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, and ne. South Africa.

Videos

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Sounds

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References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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