Blue-capped Cordonbleu (Uraeginthus cyanocephalus)

Other Names (World)
Blue-capped Cordon-bleu, Blue-capped Cordonbleu, Blue-capped Waxbill, Blue-headed Cordonbleu

Family
Estrildidae (Waxbills)

Size
13 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Richmond, 1897)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland dry grassland, hot desert.

Range (Guide)

Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania [United Republic of].

South-eastern Sudan (Kapoeta), southern Ethiopia, Kenya, southern Somalia and northern Tanzania.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (6)...)

Blue-capped Cordon-bleu (Uraeginthus cyanocephalus) [XC510454]
by id from Tarangire National Park, Manyara, Tanzania (call)

Blue-capped Cordon-bleu (Uraeginthus cyanocephalus) [XC621164]
by Peter Boesman from Arusha Region, Tanzania (call)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Blue-capped Cordonbleu (Uraeginthus cyanocephalus) - 10 files

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