Angola Waxbill (Coccopygia bocagei) - BirdLife species factsheet

Angola Waxbill Coccopygia bocagei

Current view: Data table and detailed info

Taxonomy

Taxonomic note
Coccopygia melanotis, C. bocagei and C. quartinia (del Hoyo and Collar 2016) were previously placed in the genus Estrilda and lumped as C. melanotis following Dowsett & Forbes-Watson (1993).

Taxonomic source(s)
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A., Fishpool, L.D.C., Boesman, P. and Kirwan, G.M. 2016. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 2: Passerines. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.

IUCN Red List criteria met and history

Red List criteria met

Critically Endangered	Endangered	Vulnerable
-	-	-

Red List history

Year	Category	Criteria
2016	Least Concern

Species attributes

Migratory status	not a migrant	Forest dependency	does not normally occur in forest
Land-mass type		Average mass	7 g

Distribution

	Estimate	Data quality
Extent of Occurrence breeding/resident (km²)	151,000	medium
Severely fragmented?	no	-

Population and trend

	Value	Data quality	Derivation	Year of estimate
Number of mature individuals				0
Population trend	stable		suspected	-
Generation length (years)	3.8	-	-	-

Population justification: The global population size has not been quantified, but the species is described as common or locally common (Clement 1999).

Trend justification: The population is suspected to be stable in the absence of evidence for any declines or substantial threats.

Country/territory distribution

Country/Territory	Presence	Origin	Resident	Breeding	Non-breeding	Passage
Angola	extant	native	yes

Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)

Country/Territory	IBA Name
Angola	Luando Strict Nature Reserve
Angola	Mombolo (Missão da Namba)
Angola	Mount Moco
Angola	Tundavala

Habitats & altitude

Habitat (level 1)	Habitat (level 2)	Importance	Occurrence
Artificial/Terrestrial	Arable Land	marginal	resident
Artificial/Terrestrial	Pastureland	marginal	resident
Artificial/Terrestrial	Rural Gardens	marginal	resident
Grassland	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	suitable	resident
Shrubland	Subtropical/Tropical Dry	suitable	resident
Shrubland	Subtropical/Tropical Moist	suitable	resident
Altitude	0 - 2400 m	Occasional altitudinal limits

Utilisation

Purpose	Primary form used	Life stage used	Source	Scale	Level	Timing
Pets/display animals, horticulture	-	-		international	non-trivial	recent

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2023) Species factsheet: Coccopygia bocagei. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/angola-waxbill-coccopygia-bocagei on 26/09/2023. Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2023) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from http://datazone.birdlife.org on 26/09/2023.