Uraeginthus | |
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Red-cheeked cordon-bleu (Uraeginthus bengalus) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Estrildidae |
Genus: |
Uraeginthus Cabanis, 1851 |
Type species | |
Fringilla bengalus
[1] Linnaeus, 1766
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Uraeginthus is a genus of small seed-eating birds in the family Estrildidae that are found in Sub-Saharan Africa.
The genus was introduced by the German ornithologist Jean Cabanis in 1851. [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. [4]
It contains the following three species: [5]
Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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Uraeginthus angolensis | Blue waxbill | from Cabinda and the Congo to Kenya and Tanzania in the east south to northern South Africa | |
Uraeginthus bengalus | Red-cheeked cordon-bleu | Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Angola, south Democratic Republic of the Congo and north Zambia | |
Uraeginthus cyanocephalus | Blue-capped cordon-bleu | Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, and Tanzania in East Africa |