Waxbills, Munias & Allies

Orange-cheeked Waxbill

Estrilda melpoda

The Orange-cheeked Waxbill (Estrilda melpoda) is a 7.6 g grassland bird that eats mostly seeds. It stays put all year.

Family

Waxbills, Munias & Allies

Order

Passeriformes

Weight

7.6 g

Habitat

Grassland

Diet

Plants and seeds

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

29

Photo: (c) Wes Gapp, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist