Orange-breasted Waxbill

When to see the Orange-breasted Waxbill

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is March, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Orange-breasted Waxbill

The map shades 28 countries with regular records, and 5 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Recorded as a rare visitor in United States, Portugal, Togo, Mali, United Arab Emirates.

About the Orange-breasted Waxbill

The orange-breasted waxbill, also known as the zebra waxbill, is a small sparrow-like bird with a reddish iris, orange breast, red bill and dark olive-green plumage. The male has a red rump, dark bars on the whitish flank and a scarlet eyebrow stripe. The female is duller and smaller than male; it also lacks the male's red eyebrow.

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Easily confused with

Green AvadavatAmandava formosaThe green avadavat is approximately 10 cm long with green above, yellow below, black and white bars on the flank and reddish bill. Red AvadavatAmandava amandavaThis small finch is easily identified by the rounded black tail and the bill that is seasonally red.