• Synonyms Blackcheeked Waxbill, Black cheeked Waxbill, Blacktailed Waxbill, Black-cheeked Waxbill
  • Old latin name for bird Estrilda erythronotos, Estrelda lipiniana, Fringilla erythronotos, Estrelda lipiniani, Estrilda erythronotus, Estrilda lipiniana

Black-faced Waxbillbird sounds *

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  • 1.
    Call, © Faansie Peacock
    South Africa
  • 2.
    Call, © Tony Archer
    South Africa
  • 3.
    Call, © Faansie Peacock
    South Africa
  • 4.
    Call, © Peter Boesman
    Namibia
  • 5.
    Call, © Dawie de Swardt
    South Africa
  • 6.
    Call, flight call, © Martin St-Michel
    Uganda
  • 7.
    Call, © Tony Archer
    South Africa
  • 8.
    Call, © Charles Hesse
    Namibia
  • 9.
    Alarm call, call, flight call, Mainly gender-specific loud contact calls, © Rick Nuttall
    South Africa
* All sounds were found via Xeno-canto.org API

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Where to see Black-faced Waxbill

  • Breeding region Africa
  • Breeding subregion s, e

Black-faced Waxbill subspecies (2)

SubspeciesBreeding subregionNonbreeding subregionExtinct
Brunhilda erythronotos delamereisw Uganda, w Kenya to c Tanzania-No
Brunhilda erythronotos erythronotosAngola and Namibia to Zimbabwe and n South Africa-No

Species Name in Other Languages

LanguageTranslation
AfrikaansSwartwangsysie
Catalanestrilda caranegra
Chinese黑颊梅花雀
Chinese (Traditional)黑頰梅花雀
Croatianružičastotrba estrilda
Czechastrild rudobřichý, Astrild rudobrichý
DanishAlfeastrild
DutchElfenastrild
EsperantoRuĝdorsa estrildo
Estonianvööttiib-amadiin
Finnishnaamiovahanokka
FrenchAstrild à moustaches, Astrild à joues noires, Astrild à moustaches noires
GermanElfenastrild, Elfen-Astrild
Hungarianfeketearcú asztrild
ItalianAstrilde guancenere, Estrilda guancenere
Japaneseホオグロカエデチョウ
Lithuanianjuodaskruostė astrilda
NorwegianAlfeastrild, alveastrild
Norwegian NynorskAlveastrild
Polishastryld czarnolicy
Portuguesebico-de-lacre-de-faces-pretas
RussianЧернощёкий астрильд, Чернолицый астрильд
SerbianCrnolika astrilda
Slovakastrilda červenobruchá
SpanishEstrilda carinegra sureña, Estrilda Carinegra, Astrild de Mejillas Negras
SwahiliMshigi Uso-mweusi
Swedishsnårastrild, Älvastrild
TsongaXidzingirhi
TswanaSentsipitsipi
TurkishKara Yüzlü Mumgaga
Ukrainianастрильд чорнощокий