Orange-cheeked Waxbill - Estrilda melpoda

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Legend: m = male; f = female; c = pairs

QUALITY 'STANDARD

Good condition, Specifications average good fit for the of beauty standard.

QUALITY TOP

The special birds are specifically requested by the customer and have one of the following requirements:

 

  • come from breeders awards in the international area;
  • with  RNA ring specified by the customer;
  • with higher  beauty  standards with the requirements for exhibition, selected through the established skills of Ornitologia Lodato and the actual availability of quality on the market. It is possible that for some subjects the availability of quality is not up to standard, so it is not possible to guarantee this point. For the most common subjects, our choice has reference to the criteria of judgment of the FOI or defined in the PDF created by us;
  • with special requirements explicitly requested by the customer, for example: bird of very large size, with a drawing of a body part marked with a color more or less intense or frosted, etc., to be specified in the note field;
  • relate to market news reported in our catalog (ex.: bullfinch mutation pastel yellow brown);

 

NB: The top birds can also be adults or reproductor.

The Orange-cheeked Waxbill originates in West and Central Africa, and prefers a habitat at the edge of crops, forests and gardens.
Although the male and female are equal, there are some geographical variations regarding the intensity of orange on the face, which makes it unique for all ages. An example of this geographic variation is the red face of those coming from the neck Zaire.Presenta also a gray coat and brown wings and black tail.
During the breeding season, even in captivity, it prefers to nest near the ground in thick bushes.
It feeds on small seeds and small insects in the breeding season.





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