Black-cheeked waxbill

{{short description|Species of bird}}

{{Speciesbox

| name = Black-cheeked waxbill

| image = Crimson-rumped Waxbill specimen RWD.jpg

| image_alt = A taxidermied bird with a red beak and rump stands on a perch

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn|author=BirdLife International |author-link=BirdLife International |year= 2016 |title= Estrilda charmosyna |page= e.T22719609A94635293 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22719609A94635293.en |access-date=7 December 2023}}

| genus = Brunhilda (bird)

| species = charmosyna

| authority = (Reichenow, 1881)

| synonyms = Estrilda charmosyna

}}

File:Black-cheeked Waxbill imported from iNaturalist photo 135134530 on 27 January 2022.jpg

The black-cheeked waxbill or red-rumped waxbill (Brunhilda charmosyna) is a common species of estrildid finch found in east Africa. It has an estimated global extent of occurrence of {{cvt|400000|km2}}.

It is found in Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan and Tanzania. The status of the species is evaluated as Least Concern.

Two subspecies are recognised:{{cite web| editor1-last=Gill | editor1-first=Frank | editor1-link=Frank Gill (ornithologist) | editor2-last=Donsker | editor2-first=David | editor3-last=Rasmussen | editor3-first=Pamela | editor3-link=Pamela Rasmussen | date=July 2021 | title=Waxbills, parrotfinches, munias, whydahs, Olive Warbler, accentors, pipits | work=IOC World Bird List |version= 13.2 | url=https://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/waxbills/ | publisher=International Ornithologists' Union | accessdate=7 December 2023}}

• B. c. charmosyna (Reichenow, 1881) – south Sudan, Ethiopia, south Somalia, northeast Uganda and north Kenya
• B. c. kiwanukae (Van Someren, 1919) – south Kenya and Tanzania