Crimson Seedcracker
Pyrenestes sanguineusSwainson, WJ, 1837
English (US) Crimson Seedcracker
The Crimson Seedcracker (Pyrenestes sanguineus) 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: Senegambia to southern Mali, Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Ivory CoastRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Pyrenestes sanguineus
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Crimson Seedcracker
- Described by
- Swainson, WJ, 1837
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Pirenestes sanguineus
- Described by
- Swainson, WJ, 1837
- Type locality
- West Africa ; type, in Cambridge Museum, marked Senegal by Swainson.
- Original description
- The natural history of the birds of Western Africa 1 p.156
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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