Coccopygia
Swee waxbill (Coccopygia melanotis)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Estrildidae
Subfamily: Estrildidae
Genus: Coccopygia
Reichenbach, 1862
Type species
Fringilla melanotis
swee waxbill
Temminck, 1823
Species

Coccopygia quartinia
Coccopygia melanotis
Coccopygia bocagei

Coccopygia, is a genus of small seed-eating birds in the family Estrildidae. They are distributed across central and southern Africa.

Taxonomy

The genus Coccopygia was introduced in 1862 by the German naturalist Ludwig Reichenbach.[1] The name combines the Ancient Greek kokkos meaning "scarlet" with -pugios meaning "-rumped".[2] The type species was designated as the swee waxbill by Richard Bowdler Sharpe in 1890.[3][4] The genus Coccopygia is sister to the olivebacks in the genus Nesocharis.[5]

Species

The genus contains three species:[6]

Image Scientific name Common Name Distribution
Coccopygia quartinia Yellow-bellied waxbill East Africa
Coccopygia melanotis Swee waxbill Southern Africa
Coccopygia bocagei Angola waxbill Angola

References

  1. ^ Reichenbach, Ludwig (1862). Die Singvögel als Fortsetzung de vollständigsten Naturgeschichte und zugleich als Central-Atlas für zoologische Gärten und für Thierfreunde. Ein durch zahlreiche illuminirte Abbildungen illustrirtes Handbuch zur richtigten Bestimmung und Pflege der Thiere aller Classen (in German). Dresden and Leipzig: Expedition Vollständigsten Naturgeschichte. p. 23.
  2. ^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 112. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
  3. ^ Sharpe, R. Bowdler (1890). Catalogue of the Passeriformes or Perching Birds in the Collection of the British Museum. Sturnformes. Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. Vol. 13. London: Trustees of the British Museum. p. 305.
  4. ^ Paynter, Raymond A. Jr, ed. (1968). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 14. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 336.
  5. ^ Olsson, Urban; Alström, Per (2020). "A comprehensive phylogeny and taxonomic evaluation of the waxbills (Aves: Estrildidae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 146: 106757. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2020.106757. PMID 32028027.
  6. ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2021). "Waxbills, parrotfinches, munias, whydahs, Olive Warbler, accentors, pipits". IOC World Bird List Version 11.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
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