Common Waxbill vs Lowland Tapir

Estrilda astrild compared with Tapirus terrestris

Key Differences

• Common Waxbill is Least Concern while Lowland Tapir is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Common Waxbill	Lowland Tapir
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Aves (Birds)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Passeriformes (Songbirds)	Perissodactyla (Odd-toed Ungulates)
Family	Estrildidae	Tapiridae
Genus	Estrilda	Tapirus
Species	Estrilda astrild	Tapirus terrestris

Evolutionary Relationship

Common Waxbill and Lowland Tapir share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Chordata. (Chordates)

Conservation Status

Common Waxbill

LC — Least Concern

Lowland Tapir

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Common Waxbill	Lowland Tapir
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

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).

Lowland Tapir

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

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.