• (n.) Any one of numerous species of finchlike birds belonging to Estrelda and allied genera, native of Asia, Africa, and Australia. The bill is large, conical, and usually red in color, resembling sealing wax. Several of the species are often kept as cage birds.
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any of several Old World tropical birds named for the prominent red (the colour of sealing wax) of their conical bills. The name is used generally ... [2 related articles]
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Wax'bill` noun (Zoology) Any one of numerous species of finchlike birds belonging to
Estrelda and allied genera, native of Asia, Africa, and Australia. The bill is large, conical, and usually red in color, resembling sealing wax. Several of the species are often kept as cage birds.
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The waxbill is a small seed eating bird found in Africa.
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Any of a group of small, mainly African, seed-eating birds in the family Estrildidae, order Passeriformes, which also includes the grass finches of Australia. Waxbills grow to 15 cm/6 in long, are brown and grey with yellow, red, or brown markings, and have waxy-looking red or pink beaks. They sometimes raise the young of whydahs, who l...
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