Common waxbills are an African species and were first seen on Oahu in the 1970s. Now they’re present on other islands including the Big Island. Lately, they’ve been snacking on the cane grass seeds that are currently available here.
Common waxbill
Graham's Island
Life on the Big Island of Hawaii
Graham's Island 
They are exceptionally pretty these birds – they are occasional visitors to our garden when the grasses are seeding and I always get a kick out of seeing them visiting .
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I think this year was the first time they’ve been here. It will be interesting to see if they return.
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Such a beautiful bird, Graham! Great capture 🙂 🙂
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It really is striking. They were all over the cane grass seeds for a while, but seem to have moved on again now.
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Looks very much like the Red-browed Firetail Finch that we have here 🙂 🙂
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Some definite similarities there.
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It looks anything but common, to me.
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I feel sorry for creatures that have ended up with ‘common’ in their name.
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I think jealous people assign it to them.
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Ha, that’s very probably so.
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Oh wow Graham! The colors and the bird on this one is fabulous!
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It’s a very pretty bird. For some reason they just started showing up to feed on the seeds here. I hadn’t seen them around before.
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Beautiful markings. Great shot, Graham!
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Thanks, Jacquie. Those markings are quite distinct and noticeable.
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Gorgeous! Both the bird and the grass seeds.
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Thanks. It’s a very pretty little bird.
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Presumably introduced by man?
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Almost certainly, in one way or another.
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