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The red-cheeked cordon-bleu or red-cheeked cordonbleu (Uraeginthus bengalus) is a small passerine bird in the family Estrildidae. This estrildid finch is a resident breeding bird in drier regions of tropical Sub-Saharan Africa. Red-cheeked cordon-bleu has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 7,700,000 km 2.
The type species was subsequently designated as the red-cheeked cordon-bleu. [3] The name Uraeginthus combines the Ancient Greek words oura "tail" and aiginthos for an unknown bird, perhaps a finch.
House finch (All main islands) Atlantic canary; Yellow-fronted canary (O'ahu, Hawaii) Laysan finch^ (Pearl and Hermes Reef*) House sparrow (All main islands) Red-cheeked cordon-bleu (Hawaii) Lavender waxbill (Hawaii, O'ahu) Orange-cheeked waxbill (Maui, O'ahu) Black-rumped waxbill (Hawaii) Common waxbill (All main islands) Red avadavat (Kauai ...
Blue-capped cordon-bleu; R. Red-cheeked cordon-bleu This page was last edited on 29 November 2024, at 20:03 (UTC). Text is available under the ...
Estrildidae, or estrildid finches, is a family of small seed-eating passerine birds of the Old World tropics and Australasia.They comprise species commonly known as munias, mannikins, firefinches, parrotfinches and waxbills.
Blue-breasted cordon-bleu, introduced possibly successfully to Zanzibar; unsuccessfully introduced to Tahiti, St Helena and the Hawaiian Islands [18] Red-cheeked cordon-bleu, successfully introduced to the Hawaiian Islands; unsuccessfully introduced to Cape Verde and Tahiti; Blue-capped cordon-bleu, perhaps successfully introduced to the ...
The blue waxbill (Uraeginthus angolensis), also called southern blue waxbill, blue-breasted waxbill, southern cordon-bleu, blue-cheeked cordon-bleu, blue-breasted cordon-bleu and Angola cordon-bleu, is a common species of estrildid finch found in Southern Africa. It is also relatively commonly kept as an aviary bird. [2]
The family Fringillidae are the "true" finches. The International Ornithological Committee (IOC) recognizes these 239 species in the family, distributed among three subfamilies and 50 genera. Confusingly, only 79 of the species include "finch" in their common names, and several other families include species called finches.