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Passeriformes / Estrildidae / Uraeginthus

Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu

Uraeginthus bengalus

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (reccor) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Taxonomy

Order: Passeriformes
Family: Estrildidae
Genus: Uraeginthus

Subspecies (4)

Uraeginthus bengalus bengalus

Senegal southward to Guinea, eastward to Eritrea, Ethiopia, northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, and Kenya (west of the Rift Valley)
Uraeginthus bengalus brunneigularis

southern Somalia and Kenya to Tanzania
Uraeginthus bengalus katangae

far northeastern Angola to southern Democratic Republic of the Congo and northern Zambia
Uraeginthus bengalus ugogensis

southern Kenya and Tanzania

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (reccor) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.