Scientific name: Pytilia melba
This bird can be found in the dry regions of tropical Africa and part of south Africa (but not in the western and central African rain forest regions.
Its main habitat is thickets and thorn scrub, dry acacia thornland, dry and open wooded areas, semi desert, cultivated areas. Its stays near surface water.
It feeds on live food namely termites (very insectivorous) and grass seeds.
The mail bird has a red beak, gray head and lores with red forehead and throat down to upper chest, olive green back, wings, and chest, red rump and tail, off-white belly and vent, white spots starting at upper chest which converge into white and grey barring covering flanks, flesh colored legs.
