Cinderella Waxbill & Lavender Waxbill

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Cinderella Waxbill & Lavender Waxbill

Post by lovezebs » Tue Jan 03, 2017 11:41 pm

Hello Everyone,

A quick question to anyone who might know.

Are the Lavender Waxbill and the Cinderella Waxbill, the same bird?
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Re: Cinderella Waxbill & Lavender Waxbill

Post by finches247 » Wed Jan 04, 2017 10:32 pm

There are 3 separate species of Grey Waxbill

Red Tailed Lavender & Black Tailed Lavender & Cinderella.
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Re: Cinderella Waxbill & Lavender Waxbill

Post by lovezebs » Thu Jan 05, 2017 3:42 am

finches247

Thank you very much (didn't even know about the third one).

I have tried to look at these birds' pictures, and maybe it's my eyes :roll: , but they looked very much the same. Must be time for stronger glasses, lol.
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Re: Cinderella Waxbill & Lavender Waxbill

Post by w.l. » Thu Jan 05, 2017 5:22 am

lovezebs wrote: finches247

Thank you very much (didn't even know about the third one).

I have tried to look at these birds' pictures, and maybe it's my eyes :roll: , but they looked very much the same. Must be time for stronger glasses, lol.
That's why you need this book:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/0691034249/re ... WLR41WB6Z4

Till you finally decide it's worth the price, here is the relevant part from it:

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Re: Cinderella Waxbill & Lavender Waxbill

Post by finches247 » Thu Jan 05, 2017 6:57 am

There is another very good Dutch book I got it's called Estrildid in the Picture
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