Coccopygia
| Coccopygia | |
|---|---|
| Swee waxbill (Coccopygia melanotis) | |
| Scientific 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 | |
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Coccopygia quartinia | |
Coccopygia, is a genus of small seed-eating birds in the family Estrildidae. They are distributed across central and southern Africa.