Blue waxbill
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| Species: | U. angolensis
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| Uraeginthus angolensis (Linnaeus, 1758)
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The blue waxbill (Uraeginthus angolensis), also called blue-breasted cordon-bleu, is a common species of estrildid finch found in Southern Africa. The powder-blue face, breast and flanks are diagnostic. Female is dowdier than male but also shows blue underparts. Call is a soft 'seee-seee', often repeated as bird flits through the lower parts of bush and scrub.[2] It has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 3,600,000 km².
It is found in Angola, Botswana, Burundi, the Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, São Tomé and Príncipe, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe. The status of the species is evaluated as Least Concern.
References
- ^ Template:IUCN
- ^ Sinclair, Ian (1994). Common Birds Of Southern Africa. Struik Publishers (Pty) Ltd, Cape Town. p. 64. ISBN 978-1-86825-505-4.
External links
- Blue Waxbill - Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds.
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- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Uraeginthus
- Birds of Africa
- Birds of Angola
- Birds of Botswana
- Birds of Burundi
- Birds of the Republic of the Congo
- Birds of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Birds of Kenya
- Birds of Malawi
- Birds of Mozambique
- Birds of Namibia
- Birds of São Tomé and Príncipe
- Birds of South Africa
- Birds of Swaziland
- Birds of Tanzania
- Birds of Zambia
- Birds of Zimbabwe
- Estrildidae stubs