A dapper waxbill of low elevations found in flocks along roadsides, near villages, and along the forest edge, sometimes with other waxbills. Similar to Black-crowned Waxbill, but Black-headed has a unique combination of a red rump and flanks and a dark vent. Black-headed is found at lower elevations than the visually similar Kandt’s Waxbill where ranges overlap. Black-headed often gives high-pitched “seet seet seet” calls as it forages.