Coccopygia

Coccopygia, is a genus of songbirds that range across Sub-Saharan central and southern Africa.

Coccopygia
Swee waxbill (Coccopygia melanotis)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Estrildidae
Subfamily: Estrildinae
Genus: Coccopygia
Reichenbach, 1862
Species

Coccopygia quartinia
Coccopygia melanotis
Coccopygia bocagei

This genus of waxbills−estrildid finches is in the family Estrildidae.

Species

Species are:

ImageScientific nameCommon NameDistribution
Coccopygia quartiniaYellow-bellied waxbillEast Africa.
Coccopygia melanotisSwee waxbillSouthern Africa.
Coccopygia bocageiAngolan waxbillAngola.
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See also

  • Waxbills
  • Birds of Sub-Saharan Africa
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