Zebra Waxbill
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| Amandava subflava Vieillot, 1819 |
The Zebra Waxbill, Amandava subflava also known as Orange-breasted Waxbill is a small, up to 9cm long, sparrow-like bird with reddish iris, orange breast, red bill and dark olive green plumage. The male has red rump, dark bars on whitish flank and scarlet eyebrow stripe. The female is duller and smaller than male, it lacks the male's red eyebrow.
The Zebra Waxbill is distributed in grassland and savannas south of the Sahara in Africa. Its diet consists mainly of seeds, insects and shoots. The female lays four to six eggs in oval-shaped nest made from grass.
Widespread and common throughout its large range, the Zebra Waxbill is evaluated as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. It is listed on Appendix III of CITES in Ghana.
[edit] References
- BirdLife International (2004). Amandava subflava. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 31 October 2006. Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern
