Broad-pod Albizia vs Common Waxbill

Albizia forbesii compared with Estrilda astrild

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Broad-pod Albizia	Common Waxbill
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Aves (Birds)
Order	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)	Passeriformes (Songbirds)
Family	Fabaceae	Estrildidae
Genus	Albizia	Estrilda
Species	Albizia forbesii	Estrilda astrild

Conservation Status

Broad-pod Albizia

LC — Least Concern

Common Waxbill

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Broad-pod Albizia	Common Waxbill
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Broad-pod Albizia

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Common Waxbill

Habitat

Inhabits tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests and tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests spanning the Australasia and Afrotropic realms.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (Cabo Verde, Mauritius, Sao Tome and Principe), Asia (Taiwan, United Arab Emirates), Europe (9 countries), North America (Trinidad and Tobago, United States), Oceania and the Pacific (Vanuatu), and South America (Brazil, Uruguay).

Broad-pod Albizia

The Broad-Pod Albizia (Albizia forbesii) is a species in the genus Albizia. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Common Waxbill

The most widespread waxbill in Africa, common waxbills are native to sub-Saharan Africa but have been introduced across the Iberian Peninsula, Brazil, Hawaii, and several Atlantic islands, becoming one of the world's most widely distributed cage bird escapees. Small, lively finches with red bills and a red stripe through the eye, they inhabit rank grasslands and areas near water. Highly gregarious, often seen in large mixed flocks with other estrildids.