The
blue waxbill (
Uraeginthus angolensis), also called
blue-breasted cordon-bleu, is a common species of
estrildid finch
found in Southern Africa. The powder-blue face, breast and flanks are
diagnostic. Female is dowdier than male but also shows blue underparts.
Call is a soft 'seee-seee', often repeated as bird flits through the
lower parts of bush and scrub.
[2] It has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 3,600,000 km².
It is found in
Angola,
Botswana,
Burundi, the
Republic of Congo, the
Democratic Republic of the Congo,
Kenya,
Malawi,
Mozambique,
Namibia,
São Tomé and Príncipe,
South Africa,
Swaziland,
Tanzania,
Zambia and
Zimbabwe. The status of the species is evaluated as
Least Concern.
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