Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu
Uraeginthus bengalus
- Class
- Bird
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 1,751
- Most observed in
- 🇰🇪 Kenya
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The red-cheeked cordon-bleu or red-cheeked cordonbleu (Uraeginthus bengalus) is a small passerine bird in the family Estrildidae. This estrildid finch is a resident breeding bird in drier regions of tropical Sub-Saharan Africa. Red-cheeked cordon-bleu has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 7,700,000 km2.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Red-cheeked cordon-bleu”.