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  • Synonyms Golden-breasted Waxbill, Orangebreasted Waxbill, Goldbreast, Zebra Waxbill, Cebra Waxbill
  • Old latin name for bird Fringilla subflava, Sporaeginthus subflavus, Estrilda subflava

Orange-breasted Waxbillbird sounds *

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  • 1.
    Call, © Peter Boesman
    Zambia
  • 2.
    Call, © Dries Van de Loock
    Zambia
  • 3.
    Call, © Bram Piot
    Congo (Democratic Republic)
  • 4.
    Call, © Derek Solomon
    Zambia
* All sounds were found via Xeno-canto.org API

Related species

Where to see Orange-breasted Waxbill

  • Breeding region Africa, Eurasia
  • Breeding subregion w, c, e, s AF, sw Arabian Pen.

Orange-breasted Waxbill subspecies (2)

SubspeciesBreeding subregionNonbreeding subregionExtinct
Amandava subflava clarkeis Gabon, s PR Congo, s DR Congo and Tanzania (except nw) s to Angola, Zambia, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Mozambique and se South Africa-No
Amandava subflava subflavasw Mauritania, Senegal and Gambia to Ethiopia s to Central African Republic, e DR Congo, Uganda, w Kenya and nw Tanzania; also sw Arabian Pen.-No

Species Name in Other Languages

LanguageTranslation
AfrikaansRooiassie
BulgarianЗеброва амандава
Catalanmúnia zebra
Chinese橙胸梅花雀, 橙腹梅花雀
Chinese (Traditional)橙腹梅花雀
Croatianzebrasta estrilda
CzechAstrild zlatoprsý, zlatoprska malá
DanishGuldbrystet Astrild
DutchGoudbuikje
EsperantoOranĝventra estrildo, Flaveta sporeginto
Estoniankuldamadiin
Finnishkultatiikeripeippo
FrenchBengali à ventre orange, Bengali zébré, Ventre-orange, Astrild à flancs rayés, Astrild ventre orange
GalicianBengalí cebrado
GermanGoldbrustastrild, Goldbrüstchen
Hungarianaranymellű asztrild
IrishCéirghob séabrach
ItalianBengalino pettodorato, Bengalino zebrato
Japaneseシマベニスズメ
LatvianOranžvēdera žubīte, zebras vasknibis
Lithuanianzebrinė astrilda
Maltesewaxbill żebra
NorwegianGulbrytstet astrild, gulbrystastrild
Norwegian NynorskGulbrystastrild
Polishbengalik złotobrzuchy, bengalik zlotobrzuchy
PortugueseBico-de-lacre-de-peito-laranja, Ventre-laranja, Bico de lacre de peito laranja, bengali-zebra, guarda-marinha
RomanianAmandavă zebrată
RussianЗолотистогрудый астрильд, Золотогрудый астрильд
SerbianBengalska zeba, Zlatoprsa astrilda, Zebrasta astrilda
Slovakamandava zlatoprska
SlovenianZebrasta munija
SpanishBengalí cebra
SwahiliMshigi Punda-milia
SwedishGuldbröstad astrild, guldbröstad tigerfink
TsongaXidzingirhi
TurkishAltın Göğüslü Mumgaga, Zebra Çizgili Mumgaga, çizgili mumgaga
Ukrainianбенгалик золотогрудий
WelshCwyrbig rhesog