Blue-capped Cordon-bleu
Uraeginthus cyanocephalus(Richmond, CW, 1897)
English (US) Blue-capped Cordon-bleu
The Blue-capped Cordon-bleu (Uraeginthus cyanocephalus) 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: far southeastern South Sudan, far southeastern Ethiopia, southern Somalia, Kenya, and TanzaniaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Uraeginthus cyanocephalus
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Blue-capped Cordon-bleu
- Described by
- (Richmond, CW, 1897)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Estrilda cyanocephala
- Described by
- (Richmond, CW, 1897)
- Type locality
- Useri River, near Mt. Kilimanjaro.
- Original description
- The Auk 14, no.2 p.157 spdP
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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