SynonymsBot
Synonyms for cheeked_waxbill or Related words with cheeked_waxbill
browed_tit
musselcracker
lored_babbler
nigra_woolly
myotherinus
bellied_malkoha
fulvogularis
bellied_dacnis
trogon_melanurus
swallow_hirundo_nigrita
necked_weaver_ploceus
merops_bulocki
throated_tody
gaped_honeyeater
tyrannus_ornate_hawk
billed_coucal
rubrifacies
eagle_spizaetus_ornatus
striped_woodcreeper
tailed_hummingbird_eupherusa
pavonina_flufftails
sinensis_schrenck_bittern_ixobrychus
billed_barbet
habia_rubica
fuscans
throated_laughingthrush_garrulax
throated_parakeet
shouldered_tanager_tachyphonus_luctuosus
order_gruiformes_family_sarothruridae
oenanthe_leucura
prosthemelas
poliolophus
rumped_waxbill
estrilda_nonnula
capistratum
coracina_papuensis
albicapillus
mastiff_bat_molossus_ater
aegithalos_concinnus
bonvaloti
lonchura_kelaarti
fronted_woodpecker_melanerpes
abdimii
leucopternis_semiplumbeus
eagle_circaetus_beaudouini
mountaingem_lampornis
malurus_leucopterus
ampelion
throated_piping_guan_pipile
flavicrissalis
Examples of "cheeked_waxbill"
The black-faced waxbill or black-
cheeked
waxbill
("Estrilda erythronotos") is a common species of estrildid finch found in southern Africa. It has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 1,300,000 km.
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 km.
The black-
cheeked
waxbill
or red-rumped waxbill ("Estrilda charmosyna") is a common species of estrildid finch found in east Africa. It has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 400,000 km².
The orange-
cheeked
waxbill
lives in small family parties or flocks of thirty of more individuals. Their high-pitched "peeps" are the best clue of their presence. Like most estridids, they are very acrobatic in their movements on twigs and grass stems, "climbing" up and down verticals and hanging upside down while feeding. Males usually have brighter orange patches on the abdomen.
Singapore lies within the East Asian – Australasian Flyway so the park can expect to receive some special migratory bird visitors. A few surprise visitors have been spotted including the Zanzibar red bishop, a native to Africa, the spotted wood owl, native to the jungle forest in Indonesia, long-tailed parakeet, native in the Andaman Islands and the orange-
cheeked
waxbill
, native to western and central Africa. Birds such as the purple heron, scaly-breasted munia and white-breasted waterhen that are seldom seen in a high-dense urban neighbourhood have also been spotted roosting among the vegetation. The Malay Archipelago is one of the world’s greatest biodiversity hotspots, second only to the Amazon, and the tropical rainforest climate is home to an abundance of lush vegetation.