Blue-breasted Cordonbleu
A species of Cordonbleus, Also known as Southern Cordonbleu Scientific name : Uraeginthus angolensis Genus : Cordonbleus
Blue-breasted Cordonbleu, A species of Cordonbleus
Also known as:
Southern Cordonbleu
Botanical name: Uraeginthus angolensis
Genus: Cordonbleus
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Description General Info
Description
The blue waxbill has powder-blue face, breast, rump, and flanks with pale brown upperparts. The female is paler than the male and the blue is confined to the rump, tail, head, and upper breast, with the rest of the underparts being buffy brown. They measure 12–13 cm in length. 
Size
13 cm
Nest Placement
Shrub
Feeding Habits
Blue-breasted Cordonbleu feeds primarily on a variety of small grass seeds, insects, and arachnids. Blue-breasted Cordonbleu forages on the ground and in vegetation, pecking at seeds or sweeping the bill through debris. They display agility by forcing grass-heads to the ground to access seeds and skillfully remove husks with their bills. Blue-breasted Cordonbleu also consumes termites and caterpillars, often foraging in pairs or groups, sometimes with other estrildids.
Habitat
Blue-breasted Cordonbleu typically inhabits well-watered and semi-arid savannas enriched with Acacia woodland, mopane forests, and thicket environments. These birds favor areas with abundant umbrella thorns and are frequently found in natural growth amid cultivated lands. They also reside around rural settlements, gardens, and near water sources, adapting to overgrown cultivation and forest edges. Geographically, the species is found in regions with elevation ranges from lowlands to high plateaus within the savanna belt.
Dite type
Granivorous
General Info
Feeding Habits
Bird food type
Distribution Area
The blue waxbill occurs in southern Africa from Cabinda and the Congo to Kenya and Tanzania in the east south to northern South Africa. It may have been introduced to the islands of São Tomé and to Zanzibar.
Species Status
Not globally threatened.
Scientific Classification
Phylum
Chordates Class
Birds Order
Perching birds Family
Estrildid finches Genus
Cordonbleus Species
Blue-breasted Cordonbleu 
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