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Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild

Status

Category: Not on any BOURC category

Native Range

Africa. Sub-Saharan Africa in a scattered discontinuous pattern southwards to South Africa.

Conservation Status

Least Concern

British Occurrence

NBN atlas has 43 records as at end 2024. Map Here

Landguard Bird Observatory in Suffolk recorded one on 27th August 2000.

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Notes

This species has established populations in many countries that it is not native. In Portugal there were estimated to be 10,000 to 100,000 breeding pairs in the 1990s and it is spreading through Spain. It is established on Madeira, Gran Canaria, Tenerife and the Azores. There are also populations in various parts of the Americas.

Sources

https://www.lbo.org.uk/systematic-lists/systematic-list-of-escapes/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_waxbill