Blue Capped Cordon Bleu - African Waxbill

Scientific Name: Uraeginthus cyanocephalus

Hen

Cock

Size: 4 - 4 1/2 “   Song: Both the male and female sing a pretty melody

Cock:  Dark olive green back and chest, red face mask and beak, under parts olive yellow, small white dots from chin to chest and sides. Stars get their name from their spangled white dots which resemble stars in the sky. Tail dark tapered medium long. Male sings.

Hen: Dark olive green back and chest, red face mask and beak, under parts olive yellow, small white dots from chin to chest and sides. Tail dark tapered medium long. Very similar to the male but has less size on the red face mask. Female does not have a song.

Diet: Finch seed mix, greens, vegetables, fruit, soak seed and sprouts, boiled egg, softfood supplements.  Free choice grit and cuttlebone. Live insects (small mealworms, crickets, wax worms) or a high protein softfood. Require live insects, a high protein insect softfood, boiled egg, spray millet during chick rearing.

Breeding: Prefer enclosed wicker nest or nest boxes.

Building materials: Dried grasses, coconut fiber, sisal,

nest lined with feathers, sharpi cotton.

Eggs: 4 - 6 small white.  Incubate: 14 days.

Fledge: 18 days. Fledglings are a dull brownish gray  with dark beaks.