We suspect that the pair of rosy rumped waxbills residing
in our finch community are of the same gender, though which gender that may be we don't
know.
They are quiet birds who spend a lot of their time with the
St. Helena's waxbills. The rosy rumps are quite acrobatic, however, and whenever spray
millet has been added to the more traditional fare, these birds heartily join in the fun.
We believe the reason both the rosy rumped and St. Helena's
waxbills seem so quiet in the aviary is that they are, save for the gold breasted
waxbills, the smallest inhabitants. Being smallest, even in a cooperative environment as
our aviary, they are probably on the lower end of the proverbial pecking order.
All in all, the rosy rumped waxbills are excellent birds,
if rather quiet, to have included in the community.
