Purple Grenadier
Uraeginthus ianthinogaster
Nairobi, Kenya. July 2014.
Even a fleeting glimpse of a male Purple Grenadier is usually enough to identify this bird species with its red conical bill and electric blue on belly and rump.
Estrildidae -- Waxbill Family
Books:
- Birds of Kenya and Northern Tanzania by Zimmerman et al.
- Birds of East Africa by Stevenson and Fanshawe