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[[Image:Red-cheeked_Cordonbleu.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Steve+G|Steve G}} <br/>Makasutu, [[The Gambia]] ]]
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[[Image:Red-cheeked_Cordonbleu.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Steve+G|Steve G}} <br />Makasutu, [[The Gambia]], November 2005]]
 
;[[:Category:Uraeginthus|Uraeginthus]] bengalus
 
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==Identification==
 
==Identification==
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12cm in length. The adult male has uniformly brown upperparts, a yellow belly and a pale blue breast, flanks and tail.  Each cheek has a red patch. Its call is a ''tsee-tsee''. Its song is a ''wit-sit-diddley-diddley-ee-ee''.
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12–13 cm<br />
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'''Male'''
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*Brown upperparts
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*Yellow belly
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*Pale blue breast, flanks and tail
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*Red patch<br />
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'''Females'' are similar but duller, and lack the cheek spot.<br />
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'''Immatures''': similar to the female, but with blue restricted to the face and throat.
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==Distribution==
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Sub Saharan [[Africa]]:<br />
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'''Western Africa''': [[Mauritania]], [[Senegambia]], [[Senegal]], [[The Gambia]], [[Guinea-Bissau]], [[Guinea]], [[Mali]], [[Liberia]], [[Ivory Coast]], [[Burkina Faso]], [[Ghana]], [[Togo]], [[Nigeria]], [[Niger]], [[Niger]], [[Chad]], [[Cameroon]], [[Central African Republic]], [[Democratic Republic of Congo]] and [[Angola]]<br />
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'''Eastern Africa''': [[Sudan]], [[South Sudan]], [[Eritrea]], [[Ethiopia]], [[Somalia]], [[Kenya]], [[Uganda]], [[Rwanda]], [[Tanzania]], [[Zambia]] and [[Mozambique]]<br />
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'''Southern Africa''': occurs only in [[Zimbabwe]]<br />
  
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Females are similar but duller, and do not have the cheek spot. Immature birds are similar to the female, but with blue restricted to the face and throat.
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The species has been introduced to [[Hawaii]], the [[Lesser Antilles]], the [[Windward Islands]], and the [[Azores]].
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==Distribution==
 
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Sub Saharan [[Africa]].  The species has been introduced to [[Hawaii]], the [[Lesser Antilles]], the [[Windward Islands]], and the [[Azores]].
 
  
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
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''Uraeginthus bengalus'' has four subspecies:<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>
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====Subspecies====
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There are four subspecies:<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>
 
*''U. b. bengalus''
 
*''U. b. bengalus''
 
:*[[Senegal]] to [[Sudan]], [[Eritrea]], [[Ethiopia]], [[Uganda]] and western [[Kenya]]
 
:*[[Senegal]] to [[Sudan]], [[Eritrea]], [[Ethiopia]], [[Uganda]] and western [[Kenya]]
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==Habitat==
 
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Dry grassland and savanna.
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Open grassy areas, woods, fields, gardens and near habitation.
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
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Its diet includes seeds and grain. It builds a dome shaped nest of grass, with a side entrance, in trees.  It lays 4-5 white eggs.
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====Diet====
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Ground feeders; their diet includes small grass seeds and grain.
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====Breeding====
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They build a dome shaped nest of grass, with a side entrance, in trees.  The clutch consists of 4-5 white eggs.
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====Vocalisation====
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'''Call''': a thin ''tsee-tsee''.<br />
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'''Song''': a ''wit-sit-diddley-diddley-ee-ee''.
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==References==
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug14}}#Avibase
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#Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved November 2014)
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#Wikipedia
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{{ref}}
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
 
{{GSearch|Uraeginthus+bengalus}}
 
{{GSearch|Uraeginthus+bengalus}}
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{{Video|Red_cheeked_Cordon_bleu}}
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[[Category:Birds]][[Category:Uraeginthus]]
 
[[Category:Birds]][[Category:Uraeginthus]]

Revision as of 21:24, 16 November 2014

Photo by Steve G
Makasutu, The Gambia, November 2005
Uraeginthus bengalus

Identification

12–13 cm
Male

  • Brown upperparts
  • Yellow belly
  • Pale blue breast, flanks and tail
  • Red patch

'Females are similar but duller, and lack the cheek spot.
Immatures: similar to the female, but with blue restricted to the face and throat.

Distribution

Sub Saharan Africa:
Western Africa: Mauritania, Senegambia, Senegal, The Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Mali, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Niger, Niger, Chad, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo and Angola
Eastern Africa: Sudan, South Sudan, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania, Zambia and Mozambique
Southern Africa: occurs only in Zimbabwe

The species has been introduced to Hawaii, the Lesser Antilles, the Windward Islands, and the Azores.

Taxonomy

Subspecies

There are four subspecies:[1]

  • U. b. bengalus
  • U. b. brunneigularis
  • U. b. ugogoensis
  • U. b. katangae

Habitat

Open grassy areas, woods, fields, gardens and near habitation.

Behaviour

Diet

Ground feeders; their diet includes small grass seeds and grain.

Breeding

They build a dome shaped nest of grass, with a side entrance, in trees. The clutch consists of 4-5 white eggs.

Vocalisation

Call: a thin tsee-tsee.
Song: a wit-sit-diddley-diddley-ee-ee.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2014. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.9., with updates to August 2014. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Avibase
  3. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved November 2014)
  4. Wikipedia

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