Is every positive integer greater than $2$ the sum of a prime and two squares?

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I'm not sure if this conjecture is less hard than Goldbachs conjecture:

any integer greater than $2$ is the sum of an odd prime and two squares of integers.

Facts as:

  • Every prime of the form $4n+1$ is the sum of two squares.

  • Every natural number is the sum of four squares

may or may not be helpful.

I've tested the conjecture for all integers less than $10^6$.

Even if the conjecture maybe is to hard to prove I would like to see ideas and heuristics about it. Or counter-examples!