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Swee Waxbill
Estrilda melanotis
-34.0357, 23.0485
Field Notes
Description:
The Swee Waxbill is 9–10 cm long with a grey head and breast, pale yellow belly, olive back and wings, red lower back and rump, and a black tail. The upper mandible is black and the lower red. The male has a black face, but the female's face is grey. Juveniles are much duller than the female and have an all-black bill
Habitat:
The Swee Waxbill is typically found in uplands in dry shrubland and open forest habitat
Notes:
This species is a common and tame bird typically seen in small parties, and does not form large flocks. The Swee Waxbill's call is typically considered a soft swee, swee.
Species ID Suggestions
Spotted for Missions
Photographed
PublishedMarch 25, 2013
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