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Common waxbill

Estrilda astrild

Description:

•They eat seeds and occasionally insects. •They generally forage in flocks. •They lay four to seven white eggs in a large ball nest made of grass stems.

Habitat:

Gardens, parks, farmland, open country with long grass and rank vegetation, often near water in marshes and aming reeds, -I saw these birds in Angra dos Reis (RJ, Brazil)

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BrunoMoller
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BrunoMoller

Angra dos Reis, RJ, Brazil

Spotted on Apr 24, 2016
Submitted on Dec 16, 2016

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