Its song is a loud swee swee chit chit weedleoo, and its call is a hard chink. [edit] Footnotes ...
Waxbill, Yellow-bellied aka Swee Waxbill Estrilda melanotis Found: Africa Photographed by Duncan Noakes Genus Hypargos Twinspot, Peters's Hypargos niveoguttatus Found: Africa Phototgraphed by: Sandy Cole at Butterfly World in Florida ...
The calling changes when the male arrives with food and it becomes a staccato "toot". The female responds with a "swee" call. Pairs sometimes allopreen (preen each others feathers), using touch to strengthen or establish a pair bond.
See also: Purple, Mannikin, Fly, Violet-ear, Sparrow
 
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