Red-cheeked Cordonbleu (species: Uraeginthus bengalus) in taxonomy (Gaia Guide)
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Uraeginthus bengalus
Red-cheeked Cordonbleu


©Carol Foil: Red-cheeked Cordonbleu (Uraeginthus bengalus)

©Shumpei Sano: Red-cheeked Cordonbleu (Uraeginthus bengalus)

©Darren: Female Red-cheeked Cordonbleu (Uraeginthus bengalus)

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Aves
Order Passeriformes
Family Estrildidae
Genus Uraeginthus
Species Uraeginthus bengalus
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Distinguishing features

Distinguishing features still need to be specified.

Size

  • Up to 13 cm (Length of specimen)

Wingspan

  • Up to 34.5 cm

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Distribution

Distribution and habitat preferences

It is common and widespread across much of central and eastern Africa. Its range stretches from the West African countries of Senegal, Gambia and southwestern Mauritania east through southern Mali, southern Niger, southern Chad and southern Sudan to Ethiopia and northwestern and southwestern Somalia, and then south to southern Democratic Republic of the Congo, eastern Angola, northern and western Zambia, southern Tanzania and northern Mozambique. It has also been introduced to the Hawaiian Islands of Hawaii and Oahu.

It is frequently seen at open dry grassland and savanna habitats as well as around human habitation. (Wikipedia)

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