Waxbills, Munias & Allies

Common Waxbill

Estrilda astrild

The Common Waxbill (Estrilda astrild) is an 8.3 g grassland bird that eats mostly seeds. It stays put all year.

Family

Waxbills, Munias & Allies

Order

Passeriformes

Weight

8.3 g

Habitat

Grassland

Diet

Plants and seeds

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

39

Photo: (c) Helio Lourencini, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist