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Passeriformes / Estrildidae / Cryptospiza

Abyssinian Crimsonwing

Cryptospiza salvadorii

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (abcwin1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Taxonomy

Order: Passeriformes
Family: Estrildidae
Genus: Cryptospiza

Subspecies (3)

Cryptospiza salvadorii kilimensis

southern South Sudan, eastern Uganda, Kenya (except northern), and northern Tanzania
Cryptospiza salvadorii ruwenzori

Rwenzori Mountains (northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo and southwestern Uganda) southward to western Burundi
Cryptospiza salvadorii salvadorii

southern Ethiopia (Shoa Province) to northern Kenya

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (abcwin1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.