Common Swee Waxbill
Coccopygia melanotis
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyEstrildidae (Waxbills and Allies)
- GenusCoccopygia (Swee Waxbill and allies)
- SpeciesCoccopygia melanotis (Common Swee Waxbill)
Closest Relatives at Table Mountain National Park
Bronze Mannikin
Lonchura cucullata
Zebra Finch
Taeniopygia guttata
Blue-breasted Cordonbleu
Uraeginthus angolensis
Red-winged Starling
Onychognathus morio
Cape White-eye
Zosterops virens
Southern Double-collared Sunbird
Cinnyris chalybeus
Cape Bulbul
Pycnonotus capensis
Pied Crow
Corvus albus
Karoo Prinia
Prinia maculosa
Olive Thrush
Turdus olivaceus
European Starling
Sturnus vulgaris
Cape Canary
Serinus canicollis
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
| # | Park | Country | Probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Table Mountain National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 2 | Garden Route National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 3 | Addo Elephant National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 4 | Kruger National Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 5 | Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa | |
| 6 | iSimangaliso Wetland Park | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Common Swee Waxbill in Table Mountain National Park?
About 18% of visitor-days record a Common Swee Waxbill sighting in Table Mountain National Park, based on 936 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Common Swee Waxbill in Table Mountain National Park?
March has the highest sighting rate for Common Swee Waxbill in Table Mountain National Park in our monthly data.