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The Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild, also known as the St Helena Waxbill, is a small bird belonging to the estrildid finch family. It is native to sub-Saharan Africa but has been introduced to many other regions of the world including Hawaii. It is now has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 10,000,000 km². It is popular and easy to keep in captivity. It has a slender body with short rounded wings and a long graduated tail. The bright red bill of the adult is the color of sealing wax giving the bird its name.

These birds were photographed at the Honolulu Zoo but they were outside the zoo cages and were in the wild.

The 1000 to 2000 series birds were photographed at the Bali Hi Resort on Moorea.

Common Waxbill