Violet-eared Waxbill (Koningblousysie)

Granatina granatina (845)

Zulu name: -

Other names: Common Grenadier

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January 2010 Pilanesberg, North West Adult male
January 2009 Omaruru, Namibia Adult male
February 2009 Kunene, Namibia Adult female

Experiences with species

Also a more skittish Waxbill, I have yet to get one to pose properly. The juvenile is a confusing bird, being (in my experience) fairly uniformly dark.