Waxbills, Munias & Allies

Blue Waxbill

Uraeginthus angolensis

The Blue Waxbill (Uraeginthus angolensis) is a 9.9 g woodland bird that eats mostly seeds. It stays put all year.

Family

Waxbills, Munias & Allies

Order

Passeriformes

Weight

9.9 g

Habitat

Woodland

Diet

Plants and seeds

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

13

Recorded in South Africa, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Botswana, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, eSwatini, Tanzania, Angola, Sao Tome and Principe, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo.

Where to see it: São Tomé · Mucumbli (São Tomé and Principe); Zambezi River near Victoria Falls (Zimbabwe side) (Zimbabwe); Brazzaville Radisson Blu/Mami Wata (Republic of the Congo); Mukuvisi Woodlands (Zimbabwe); Mangais Resort Golf (Angola).

Photo: (c) Morten Ross, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist