• Synonyms Orange cheeked Waxbill, Scarlet-cheeked Weaver finch
  • Old latin name for bird Fringilla melpoda

Orange-cheeked Waxbillbird sounds *

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  • 1.
    Call, song, © Bram Piot
    Benin
  • 2.
    Flock chattering, © Rolf A. de By
    Ghana
  • 3.
    Uncertain, © András Schmidt
    Ghana
  • 4.
    Call, © Peter Boesman
    Ghana
  • 5.
    Call, flight call, © Matthew L. Brady
    Gabon
  • 6.
    Call, © Peter Boesman
    Gambia
  • 7.
    Call, © Bram Piot
    Cameroon
  • 8.
    Song, © Étienne Leroy
    Ivory Coast
* All sounds were found via Xeno-canto.org API

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Where to see Orange-cheeked Waxbill

  • Breeding region Africa
  • Breeding subregion s Mauritania, Senegal and Gambia to s Chad, Central African Republic, se Sudan and Ethiopia, Gabon, n Angola, and DR Congo, w Burundi and n Zambia

Species Name in Other Languages

LanguageTranslation
BelarusianАранжавашчокі астрыльд
BulgarianОранжевобуза астрилда
CatalanBec de corall de galta taronja, bec de corall de galtes carbassa
Chinese橙頰梅花雀, 橙颊梅花雀
Chinese (Traditional)橙頰梅花雀
Croatiannarančastolica estrilda, Narandžastolica estrilda
Czechastrild oranžovolící
DanishOrangekindet Astrild
DutchOranjekaakje
EsperantoMelpoda estrildo, Oranĝvanga estrildo
Estoniantulipõsk-amadiin
Finnishsavannivahanokka
FrenchSénégali à joues orange, Astrild à joues orange, Joues-orange, Astrild joues orange
GalicianBico de coral de bochechas laranxa, Bico de coral de faces laranxas
GermanOrangewangenastrild, Orangebäckchen, Orangebäckchenastrild
Hungariannarancsarcú asztrild
IcelandicKvakstrildi
ItalianAstrilde guancearancio, Estrilda guancearancio
Japaneseホオアカカエデチョウ, ホウコウチョウ
LatvianOranžvaigu vasknibis
Lithuanianoranžinė astrilda
MacedonianПортокаловообразеста астрилда
Maltesewaxbill ta' ħaddejh minn lewn il-larinġa
Northern SamiSavánnagássenjunni
NorwegianOransjekinnet astrild, oransjekinnastrild
Norwegian NynorskOransjekinnastrild
Polishastryld zlotolicy, astryld złotolicy
Portuguesebico-de-lacre-de-faces-laranja, Face-laranja
RomanianEstrilda cu bujori portocalii
RussianОранжевощёкий астрильд
SerbianNarandžastoobrazna astrilda
Slovakastrilda oranžolíca
Slovenianoranžnolična astrilda, Oranžnolicna astrilda
SpanishAstrild de Mejillas Anaranjadas, Estrilda de Carita Naranja, Veterano, Astrilda Cachetinaranja, Estrilda carinaranja
Swedishorangekindad astrild
TurkishAl-yanaklı Mumgaga, Al Yanaklı Mumgaga
Ukrainianастрильд золотощокий
WelshCwyrbig bochfelyn