Information on the African Silverbill including: physical descriptions, pictures, compatibility, approximate price, information on breeding, disposition, singing ability, breeding season, natural habitat, favorite foods, special considerations, habits, common and scientific names, relative hardiness, and so forth.

A small, slender finch found in savanna, grasslands, fields, and thorn scrub. Cream-colored below and brown above with darker wings, a long, dark tail, and a thick silvery-gray bill. The tail is longer and more pointed than in other small finches. Often seen in flocks in semiarid savanna and plains, agricultural areas, and marshes.

The African silverbill (Euodice cantans) is a small passerine bird formerly considered conspecific with the Asian species Indian silverbill, (Euodice malabarica). This estrildid finch is a common resident breeding bird in dry savanna habitat, south of the Sahara Desert .

Small, long-tailed finch with a chunky body and short, stout bill. Gray-brown above and pale below with a whitish rump and black-pointed tail. Highly sociable throughout the year. Found in semidesert, scrub, and dry woodland but also proliferates in urban areas.

2010年9月21日 · Attractively colored in shades of brown, tan and cream, and with distinctive silvery-gray beaks, the Silverbills are hardy, peaceful and breed readily. They almost always raise their chicks without incident, and many pairs are even tolerant of …

The Indian silverbill or white-throated munia (Euodice malabarica) is a small passerine bird found in the Indian Subcontinent and adjoining regions that was formerly considered to include the closely related African silverbill (Euodice cantans).

The African or Warbling Silverbill (Lonchura cantans) is the easiest of the African mannikins to breed. The sexes are identical but sexing is fairly straight forward as young males start their warbling song almost as soon as they fledge.

The African silverbill (Euodice cantans) is a small passerine bird formerly considered conspecific with the Asian species Indian silverbill, (Euodice malabarica). This estrildid finch is a common resident breeding bird in dry savanna habitat, south of the Sahara Desert .

There are two species of Silverbills, the African and the Indian. The African species is considered the most common and is believed to be the only species still in Australian aviaries.

A pale sandy-brown, long-tailed finch with a bluish bill. Its upperparts are mainly sandy, its underparts whitish, and its wings and tail dark brown or blackish. With a close, clear view, its back and wings usually show faint, dense barring. The subspecies are distinguishable in …