{"id":25373,"date":"2012-11-05T14:22:33","date_gmt":"2012-11-05T13:22:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/galleries\/small-landbirds\/orange-cheeked-waxbill-estrilda-melpoda\/"},"modified":"2026-09-11T09:14:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T08:14:08","slug":"orange-cheeked-waxbill-estrilda-melpoda","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/galleries\/small-landbirds\/orange-cheeked-waxbill-estrilda-melpoda\/","title":{"rendered":"Orange-cheeked Waxbill Estrilda melpoda"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Orange-cheeked Waxbill Estrilda melpoda is a common species of estrildid finch native to western and central Africa, with an estimated global extent of occurrence of 3,600,000 square kilometer. The species has been introduced on Puerto Rico and Saipan (United States).<\/p>\n<p>Factsheet: Orange-cheeked Waxbill\u00a0<i>Estrilda\u00a0melpoda<\/i>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"ngg-galleryoverview\" id=\"ngg-gallery-245-25373\">\n\n\n\n    \t<!-- Thumbnails -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-1804\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/orange-cheeked-waxbill-estrilda-melpoda\/orange-cheeked-waxbill-estrilda-melpoda-4.jpg\" title=\"Orange-cheeked Waxbill (Estrilda melpoda) at Laguna Cartagena,  Puerto Rico\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Orange-cheeked Waxbill (Estrilda melpoda) at Laguna Cartagena,  Puerto Rico\" alt=\"Orange-cheeked Waxbill (Estrilda melpoda) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/orange-cheeked-waxbill-estrilda-melpoda\/thumbs\/thumbs_orange-cheeked-waxbill-estrilda-melpoda-4.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Orange-cheeked Waxbill (Estrilda melpoda) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-1803\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/orange-cheeked-waxbill-estrilda-melpoda\/orange-cheeked-waxbill-estrilda-melpoda-3.jpg\" title=\"Orange-cheeked Waxbill (Estrilda melpoda) at Refugio De Aves De Boqueron, Puerto Rico\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Orange-cheeked Waxbill (Estrilda melpoda) at Refugio De Aves De Boqueron, Puerto Rico\" alt=\"Orange-cheeked Waxbill (Estrilda melpoda) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/orange-cheeked-waxbill-estrilda-melpoda\/thumbs\/thumbs_orange-cheeked-waxbill-estrilda-melpoda-3.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Orange-cheeked Waxbill (Estrilda melpoda) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-1802\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/orange-cheeked-waxbill-estrilda-melpoda\/orange-cheeked-waxbill-estrilda-melpoda-2.jpg\" title=\"Orange-cheeked Waxbill (Estrilda melpoda) at Refugio De Aves De Boqueron, Puerto Rico\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Orange-cheeked Waxbill (Estrilda melpoda) at Refugio De Aves De Boqueron, Puerto Rico\" alt=\"Orange-cheeked Waxbill (Estrilda melpoda) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/orange-cheeked-waxbill-estrilda-melpoda\/thumbs\/thumbs_orange-cheeked-waxbill-estrilda-melpoda-2.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Orange-cheeked Waxbill (Estrilda melpoda) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-1801\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/orange-cheeked-waxbill-estrilda-melpoda\/orange-cheeked-waxbill-estrilda-melpoda-1.jpg\" title=\"Orange-cheeked Waxbill (Estrilda melpoda) at Refugio De Aves De Boqueron, Puerto Rico\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Orange-cheeked Waxbill (Estrilda melpoda) at Refugio De Aves De Boqueron, Puerto Rico\" alt=\"Orange-cheeked Waxbill (Estrilda melpoda) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/orange-cheeked-waxbill-estrilda-melpoda\/thumbs\/thumbs_orange-cheeked-waxbill-estrilda-melpoda-1.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Orange-cheeked Waxbill (Estrilda melpoda) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t<!-- Pagination -->\n \t<div class=\"ngg-clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Orange-cheeked Waxbill Estrilda melpoda is a common species of estrildid finch native to western and central Africa, with an estimated global extent of occurrence of 3,600,000 square kilometer. The species has been introduced on Puerto Rico and Saipan (United States). 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