YES! I believe it is a Common Waxbill.
Since it's from Africa, I assume it escaped from a cage somewhere?
Janine
On Sat, Aug 8, 2026 at 12:37 PM Janine Hart-Hueber <harthueber...>
wrote:
> I looked up Zebra Finch but it doesn't have the black and white stripes on
> the tail.
>
> On Sat, Aug 8, 2026 at 11:08 AM Andrew Whitacre <akwhitacre...>
> wrote:
>
>> We'll see if others agree, but it appears to be a zeebra finch, in which
>> case, yes, an escaped pet.
>>
>> Andrew
>>
>> On Sat, Aug 8, 2026 at 11:03 AM Janine Hart-Hueber <harthueber...>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi All,
>>>
>>> I know the picture isn't great but does anyone have an idea of what
>>> this bird is?
>>> My husband and I saw it this morning on Milton Street about 7:30ish, and
>>> he saw it again a little later at a nearby house on Milton St,
>>> It is quite small (we both initially thought it was a fledgling), has an
>>> orange beak, a red line through the eye-similar to wrens,
>>> and it was wren-like, and tawny colored in general. I couldn't find
>>> anything to fit it on Merlin.
>>>
>>> I was wondering if it's maybe a lost pet (finch-like beak- and it was
>>> eating grass seeds)
>>> or something that got blown off track from another part of the country?
>>> Any guesses??
>>>
>>> Janine
>>> East Arlington
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>>> Date: Sat, Aug 8, 2026 at 10:54 AM
>>> Subject: Unknown bird
>>> To: harthueber <harthueber...>
>>>
>>>
>>> Unknown bird
>>>
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