Escapee Least Concern
Estrilda astrild (Linnaeus, 1758) Species
Common Waxbill

Estrilda astrild (Linnaeus, 1758) (Common Waxbill) is a Species under Genus Estrilda. It is also commonly known as Botswanan Common Waxbill (en) and 梅花雀 (zh).

Other common names
Botswanan Common Waxbill en, COWA en, 梅花雀 zh, 横斑梅花雀 zh.
Distribution
Aland Islands, Albania, Angola, Argentina, Austria, Bahrain, Belarus, Belgium, Benin, Bermuda, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burundi, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Congo, Croatia, Czech Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Denmark, Equatorial Guinea, Estonia, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Finland, France, French Polynesia, French Southern and Antarctic Lands, Gabon, Germany, Greece, Guinea, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Kosovo, Latvia, Lesotho, Liberia, Lithuania, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Martinique, Mauritius, Moldova, Montenegro, Mozambique, Namibia, Netherlands, New Caledonia, Nigeria, North Macedonia, Norway, Oman, Poland, Portugal, Reunion, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Saint Helena, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Spain, Sudan, Svalbard and Jan Mayen, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Vanuatu, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Points shown indicate occurrence data available from various data sources, including but not limited to a subset of GBIF occurrence data or LKCNHM's occurrence datasets.
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