Shelley's Crimsonwing
Cryptospiza shelleyiSharpe, RB, 1902
English (US) Shelley's Crimsonwing
The Shelley's Crimsonwing (Cryptospiza shelleyi) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Estrildidae (Munias, Parrotfinches, Waxbills, and Allies) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: mountains of eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo to southwestern Uganda, Rwanda, and BurundiRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Cryptospiza shelleyi
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Endangered
- English (US)
- Shelley's Crimsonwing
- Described by
- Sharpe, RB, 1902
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Sharpe, RB, 1902
- Type locality
- Ruwenzori.
- Original description
- Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 13 p.21
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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