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 LC    Red-faced Crimsonwing* Id (Atlas):
    Cryptospiza reichenovii

Description (10)
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Other Names (World)
Red-faced Crimsonwing, Red-faced Crimson-wing, Nyasa Crimsonwing, Reichenow's Crimsonwing

Family
Estrildidae (Waxbills)

Size
11 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Hartlaub, 1874)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist montane forest.

Range (Guide)
Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Equatorial Guinea, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Tanzania [United Republic of], Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (20)...)

 
Red-faced Crimsonwing (Cryptospiza reichenovii) [XC510120]
     by id from Magamba forest reserve, Tanga, Tanzania (call)

 
Red-faced Crimsonwing (Cryptospiza reichenovii) [XC92555]
     by Daniel Danckwerts from Mazumbai Forest Reserve, Tanga, Tanzania (call)

Subspecies
Thought to form a superspecies with Abyssinian Crimsonwing (Cryptospiza salvadorii).

Proposed subspecies homogenes, described from eastern Zimbabwe (Stapleford Forest Reserve, in Umtali district), treated as a synonym of australis.

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

  • reichenovii (Hartlaub, 1874)   -  South-eastern Nigeria (Obudu Plateau), western Cameroon, Bioko I (Fernando Póo) and north-western Angola (Gabela region).
  • ocularis Sharpe, 1902   -  Mountains of Albertine Rift in eastern DRCongo, Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi.
  • australis Shelley, 1896   -  Mountains in Tanzania, eastern Zambia, Malawi, western Mozambique and eastern Zimbabwe.



References
See References.


Files:
JPG files for Red-faced Crimsonwing (Cryptospiza reichenovii) - 10 files


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