red-cheeked cordon-bleu
red-cheeked cordonbleu
cordon-bleu finch , także: cordon-bleu
uraeginthus bengalus latin

The Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu is reported to be "among the most popular exotic finches".

The Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu is common and widespread across much of central and eastern Africa.

The Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu (Uraeginthus bengalus) is a small passerine bird.

Further, the Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu may form a superspecies with the Blue Waxbill, with which it shares similar habitats.

The Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu is a granivore, feeding principally on grass seeds, but also on millet and other small seeds.

Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu (Uraeginthus bengalus)

When he first described the Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu in his 1766 edition of Systema Naturae, Carl Linnaeus assigned it to the genus Fringilla.

This widespread and abundant species is often found around human habitation, often with other species such as the Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu, and its soft queet-queet call is a familiar African sound.

The Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu (Uraeginthus bengalus) is a small passerine bird.

Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu (Uraeginthus bengalus)