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  • Orange-cheeked Waxbill, 1 of 5
    Photo 1 of 5

    (c) Kevin Lin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)

  • Orange-cheeked Waxbill, 2 of 5
    Photo 2 of 5

    (c) Kevin Lin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)

  • Orange-cheeked Waxbill, 3 of 5
    Photo 3 of 5

    (c) Paul Cools, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

  • Orange-cheeked Waxbill, 4 of 5
    Photo 4 of 5

    (c) Rogério Ferreira, all rights reserved

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    Photo 5 of 5

    (c) Nik Borrow, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Orange-cheeked Waxbill

Estrilda melpoda

Worldwide
1,127 observations
Group
Birds
iNaturalist Wikipedia

About

The orange-cheeked waxbill (Estrilda melpoda) is a common species of estrildid finch native to western and central Africa, with an estimated global extent of occurrence of 3,600,000 km2.

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