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Species Details [Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)] |
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Red-faced Crimsonwing* |
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Cryptospiza reichenovii |
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Description (10)
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Red-faced Crimsonwing
© flickr.com
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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.
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:
BirdLife International
For more information about the Red-faced Crimsonwing see... BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
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