Coccopygia

Coccopygia
Swee Waxbill (Coccopygia melanotis)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Estrildidae (but see text)
Subfamily: Estrildinae
Genus: Coccopygia
Reichenbach, 1862
Species

Coccopygia quartinia
Coccopygia melanotis

Coccopygia, is a genus of songbirds that range across central and southern Africa. This genus is placed with the estrildid finches.

Species are:

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