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Photo by mkrijger
Photo taken: Serengeti, Tanzania

Alternative Name: Blue-capped Cordon-bleu

Uraeginthus cyanocephalus

[edit] Identification

10-12cm. Fawn wings, underbelly and back, sky blue head, body and longish pointed tail, pink bill, dark iris.

[edit] Distribution

Sudan to Somalia and Tanzania in Africa.

[edit] Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species.

[edit] Habitat

Lowland dry grassland, shrubland and desert.

[edit] Behaviour

The diet includes seeds and small insects.

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