charcoal-grey body; red rump, tail, and vent area (Zoo; 2012-09-19)


Lavender Waxbill
Estrilda caerulescens

Native Range: Africa

Notes: a charcoal-grey waxbill with a reddish tail; little sexual dimorphism.

pinkish-black bill; black line through the eye (Zoo; 2012-09-19)
dorsal view (Zoo; 2012-09-19)

ventral view (Zoo; 2012-09-19)
eating seeds (Zoo; 2012-09-19)

vlose-up view (Zoo; 2012-10-09)