Estrilda erythronotos The black-faced waxbill (Brunhilda erythronotos) is a common species of estrildid finch found in southern Africa.

It is found in Angola, Botswana, Kenya, Namibia, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

The black-faced waxbill was formally described in 1817 by the French ornithologist Louis Pierre Vieillot and given the binary name Fringilla erythronotos.

[3] The type locality is Kurrichane (Kaditshwene) in the North West province of South Africa.

When a molecular phylogenetic study published in 2020 found that Estrilda was paraphyletic, the genus Brunhilda was resurrected for this species and the black-cheeked waxbill.