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- Parent taxon
- Estrilda
- Mass
- +8.2
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- Common waxbill (Estrilda astrild tenebridorsa) Kruger.jpg
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- P105
- species
- P141
- Least Concern
- P9714
- Belém
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The common waxbill (Estrilda astrild), also known as the St Helena waxbill, is a small passerine bird belonging to the estrildid finch family. It is native to sub-Saharan Africa but has been introduced to many other regions of the world and now has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 10,000,000 km. It is popular and easy to keep in captivity.
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Animal taxa named by Carl LinnaeusBirds described in 1758Birds of East AfricaBirds of Sub-Saharan AfricaBirds of the Gulf of GuineaEstrildaIUCN Red List least concern speciesTaxonbars with 25–29 taxon IDsTaxonbars with automatically added original combinationsTaxonbars without secondary Wikidata taxon IDs