Uraeginthus

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Uraeginthus
Red-cheeked cordon-bleu.jpg
Red-cheeked cordon-bleu (Uraeginthus bengalus)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Estrildidae
Genus: Uraeginthus
Cabanis, 1851
Type species
Fringilla bengalus [1]
Linnaeus, 1766

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]

Species

It contains the following three species: [5]

Genus Uraeginthus Cabanis, 1851 – three species
Common nameScientific name and subspeciesRangeSize and ecologyIUCN status and estimated population
Blue waxbill

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Male
Uraeginthus angolensis (female).jpg
Female

Uraeginthus angolensis
(Linnaeus, 1758)

Three subspecies
Cabinda and the Congo to Kenya and Tanzania in the east south to northern South AfricaSize:

Habitat:

Diet:
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Red-cheeked cordon-bleu

Red-cheeked cordon-bleu (Uraeginthus bengalus bengalus) male.jpg
Male
Red-cheeked cordon-bleu (Uraeginthus bengalus bengalus) female.jpg
Female

Uraeginthus bengalus
(Linnaeus, 1766)

Four subspecies
  • U. b. bengalus(Linnaeus, 1766)
  • U. b. brunneigularis Mearns, 1911
  • U. b. ugogensis Reichenow, 1911
  • U. b. katangae Vincent, 1934
Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Angola, south Democratic Republic of the Congo and north ZambiaSize:

Habitat:

Diet:
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Blue-capped cordon-bleu

Estrildidae Uraeginthus cyanocephalus 2.jpg

Uraeginthus cyanocephalus
(Richmond, 1897)
Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, and Tanzania in East AfricaSize:

Habitat:

Diet:
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References

  1. "Estrildidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
  2. Cabanis, Jean; Heine, Ferdinand (1851). Museum Heineanum : Verzeichniss der ornithologischen Sammlung des Oberamtmann Ferdinand Heine, auf Gut St. Burchard vor Halberstadt (in German and Latin). Vol. 1. Halberstadt: R. Frantz. p. 171.
  3. Paynter, Raymond A. Jr, ed. (1968). Check-list of birds of the world. Vol. 14. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. pp. 331–332.
  4. Jobling, J.A. (2018). del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J.; Christie, D.A.; de Juana, E. (eds.). "Key to Scientific Names in Ornithology". Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
  5. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2021). "Waxbills, parrotfinches, munias, whydahs, Olive Warbler, accentors, pipits". IOC World Bird List Version 11.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 13 July 2021.