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Nonmigratory. Native to sub-Saharan Africa. Introduced to eastern South America, the Iberian Peninsula, and numerous islands in the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans, including the Hawaiian Islands.

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Waxbills and Allies(Order: Passeriformes, Family: Estrildidae)

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