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Estrilda caerulescens

Photo by keith mitchell
Location: The Gambia

[edit] Identification

3.5 inches. Dark crimson to black beak, black eye marking, grey body with some small, white spots on the flanks, black-brown legs and feet, rump, tail coverts, and tail are crimson.

[edit] Distribution

Western Africa: Senegal to Cameroon.

[edit] Taxonomy

Estrilda caerulescens is monotypic.

[edit] Habitat

Savanna and semi-arid grassland.

[edit] Behaviour

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