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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.
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.
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Orange-cheeked waxbill, Estrilda melpoda; Black-rumped waxbill, Estrilda troglodytes; Quailfinch, Ortygospiza atricollis; Cut-throat, Amadina fasciata; Zebra waxbill, Amandava subflava (A) Red-cheeked cordonbleu, Uraeginthus bengalus; Green-winged pytilia, Pytilia melba; Red-billed firefinch, Lagonosticta senegala
Red-cheeked cordon-bleu Common waxbill Cut-throat. Order: Passeriformes Family: Estrildidae. The estrildid finches are small passerine birds of the Old World tropics and Australasia. They are gregarious and often colonial seed eaters with short, thick but pointed bills.
The family Estrildidae was introduced in 1850 by the French naturalist Charles Lucien Bonaparte as "Estreldinae", a spelling variant of the subfamily name. [2] [3] In the list of world birds maintained by Frank Gill, Pamela Rasmussen and David Donsker on behalf of the International Ornithological Committee (IOC) the family contains 140 species divided into 41 genera. [4]
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]
This is a list of the bird species recorded in Eritrea.The avifauna of Eritrea include a total of 587 species.. This list's taxonomic treatment (designation and sequence of orders, families and species) and nomenclature (common and scientific names) follow the conventions of The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World, 2022 edition.