Blue Waxbill
Uraeginthus angolensis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Estrildidae — Waxbills, Munias & Allies
Blue Waxbill, Uraeginthus angolensis, is a bird of southern Africa in the waxbill family. It is a familiar estrildid finch of well-watered and semi-arid savanna, and also uses cultivated land, mopane and forest edges. Its range extends from Cabinda and the Congo to Kenya and Tanzania, reaching north to South Africa, with records from São Tomé and Zanzibar. The bird is noted for its powder-blue face, breast, rump and flanks, while the female is duller and keeps blue mainly on the rump, tail, head and upper breast.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Estrildidae — Waxbills, Munias & Allies
- Breeding range
- Africa: s
