
The common waxbill (Estrilda astrild), also known as the St Helena waxbill, is a small passerine bird belonging to the estrildid finch family.
Recorded year-round
Recorded in every month, so no month is the wrong month to look. We would rather say that than invent a best time.
Curve from 2,573 national iNaturalist observations, not from one property. Single-month spikes are discarded as upload artefacts, and below 50 records we show no curve at all.
Western Cape and beyond
Provinces where Common Waxbill is most recorded. Tap one to find places to stay.
2,573 records, iNaturalist
50+ résultats à Afrique du Sud
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Common Waxbill : signalé par des hôtes dans ou près de Kruger National Park and Gondwana Game Reserve.
Espèce
Estrilda astrild
Observations
2 573
observations iNaturalist
Chaque réservation sur Spekboom soutient la conservation.
Une observation signifie qu'un hôte a vu le Common Waxbill sur la propriété ou à proximité. Une observation n'est jamais garantie.
Hosts on Spekboom have recorded the Common Waxbill at stays in or beside Kruger National Park and Gondwana Game Reserve. A record means a host has seen it on the property or nearby, which makes these the places to base yourself; it is never a guarantee of a sighting on any given day.
The Common Waxbill is most recorded in Western Cape (59% of records), KwaZulu-Natal (16% of records), Gauteng (6% of records), based on 2 573 iNaturalist observations. 73 places to stay on Spekboom in South Africa have recorded the Common Waxbill on site or nearby.
The Common Waxbill is recorded throughout the year, so no month is the wrong month to look for it. For the parks where hosts record it most, these are the best seasons they give. Kruger National Park: Apr-Sep; Gondwana Game Reserve: Sep-Apr, flowers Aug-Oct. In the dry months animals concentrate at water and the grass is short.
The common waxbill (Estrilda astrild), also known as the St Helena waxbill, is a small passerine bird belonging to the estrildid finch family. It is native to sub-Saharan Africa but has been introduced to many other regions of the world and now has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 10,000,000 km2. It is popular and easy to keep in captivity.