Crimson Seedcracker (Pyrenestes sanguineus)

Other Names (World)
Crimson Seedcracker, Brown-backed Seedcracker, Western Seedcracker

Family
Estrildidae (Waxbills)

Size
13 - 14 cm

First Described (Guide)
Swainson, 1837

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist shrubland, inland wetlands.

Range (Guide)

Burkina Faso, C�te dIvoire, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-bissau, Liberia, Mali, Senegal, Sierra Leone.

Gambia, southern Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, south-western Mali, Sierra Leone, Liberia and Ivory Coast.

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.

Subspecies
No subspecies.

May form a superspecies with Lesser Seedcracker (Pyrenestes minor) and Black-bellied Seedcracker (Pyrenestes ostrinus), and all sometimes treated as conspecific. Occurs in several morphs, varying in body size and bill size, with no geographical pattern. Smaller birds with medium-sized bill proposed as a geographical subspecies, coccineus (described from Sierra Leone), but such individuals occur alongside larger-billed ones in several other parts of species' range, and considered no more than size variants.

References
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