Blue Breasted Cordon Bleu
08 March 2010 16:51 Filed in: Estrildidae Weaver Finches Estrildid Finches Cordon Bleus Waxbills Angola Luanda
Photo copyright: A/monacoeye • Do not copy • Images: Angola • Nov 2009
Bird name: Blue-breasted Cordon Bleu
Latin: Uraeginthus angolensis
Other: Blue Waxbill • Southern Cordon-bleu
Family: Estrildidae • Cordon-bleus
Many thanks to Alexia, for taking the time to send in the first photos from Africa! Many of the African birds seem to go by several English names. This little guy is known as the Southern Cordon-bleu, or Blue-breasted Cordon-bleu, or Blue Waxbill. Seen in the hotel grounds in Luanda.
