Lavender waxbill
Estrilda caerulescens (Vieillot, 1817)
Status not recordedsongbirds
The lavender waxbill (Estrilda caerulescens) is a species in the family Estrildidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 8 g to 9.4 g.
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Quick facts about the lavender waxbill
- Weight
- 8 g – 9.4 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Granivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- shrublandsrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- 3.2 – 5src for Young per litter or clutch
- Lifestyle
- Generalistsrc for Lifestyle
- Migration
- Sedentarysrc for Migration
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the lavender waxbill live?
Not recorded
Is the lavender waxbill endangered?
No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.
How is the lavender waxbill classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderPasseriformes
- familyEstrildidae
- genusEstrilda
- SpeciesEstrilda caerulescens (Vieillot, 1817)
Synonyms Estrilda coerulescens, Fringilla caerulescens, Glaucestrilda caerulescens, Glaucestrilda coerulescens
Other names and names in other languages (23)
- estrilda blavosaCatalan
- modroušek rudoocasýCzech
- cwyrbig lafantWelsh
- Rødhalet AstrildDanish
- LavenendelastrildGerman
- Lavendel-SchönbürzelastrildGerman
- SchönbürzelGerman
- Estrilda AzuladaSpanish
- põhja-hõbeamadiinEstonian
- harmaavahanokkaFinnish
- Queue de vinaigreFrench
- Astrild queue-de-vinaigreFrench
- vörösfarkú asztrildHungarian
- Estrilda lavandaItalian
- アサギリチョウJapanese
- raudonuodegė astrildaLithuanian
- rødhaleastrildNorwegian Bokmål
- LavendelastrildDutch
- astryld czerwonosternyPolish
- lavandinhaPortuguese
- Краснохвостый астрильдRussian
- astrilda levanduľováSlovak
- астрильд червонохвостийUkrainian
Relatives of the lavender waxbill
Other species in the same genus Estrilda.
Common waxbill
Estrilda astrild
Black-rumped waxbill
Estrilda troglodytes
Orange-cheeked waxbill
Estrilda melpoda
Black-headed waxbill
Estrilda atricapilla
Crimson-rumped waxbill
Estrilda rhodopyga
Arabian waxbill
Estrilda rufibarba
CompareLavender waxbill vs Common waxbillLavender waxbill vs Black-rumped waxbillLavender waxbill vs Orange-cheeked waxbillLavender waxbill vs Black-headed waxbill
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the lavender waxbill?
An adult lavender waxbill weighs 8 g – 9.4 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
What kind of animal is the lavender waxbill?
The lavender waxbill (Estrilda caerulescens) belongs to the family Estrildidae in the order Passeriformes.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
- An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles · CC0 1.0 · E096-269
Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds · CC BY 4.0 · v7
Tobias, J.A. et al. (2022) AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds. Ecology Letters 25: 581–597. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13898. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.16586228.v7 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf - Wikidata · CC0 1.0 · 2026-11-11
Wikidata contributors. Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org (data retrieved via the Wikidata Query Service).
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