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Where does the Common Waxbill live?

Estrilda astrild has 536,828 records in 115 countries and territories, from 1859 to 2026. Most records come from South Africa.

Common Waxbill
Common Waxbill — Charles J. Sharp / CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
AnimaliaChordataAvesPasseriformesEstrildidaeEstrilda

When it is recorded

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Peak month: October. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
South Africa 196,979
Portugal 104,822
Spain 72,487
United States 51,643
Brazil 45,402
Kenya 12,337
Namibia 7,375
Zimbabwe 6,307
Uganda 3,166
Eswatini 2,954
Tanzania 2,847
Réunion 2,535
Mozambique 2,421
Zambia 2,268
Rwanda 2,257
Botswana 1,824
Singapore 1,753
Trinidad & Tobago 1,496
São Tomé & Príncipe 1,494
Malawi 1,306
Mauritius 1,194
New Caledonia 1,095
Taiwan 1,051
French Polynesia 999
Cabo Verde 981
DR Congo 965
Ethiopia 804
Angola 453
Nigeria 391
Martinique 383
Lesotho 338
Vanuatu 321
Saint Helena 318
France 304
Cameroon 233
Seychelles 216
Sweden 200
Equatorial Guinea 188
Congo 170
Norway 159

Showing the top 40 of 115 places.

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Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.