Western bluebill

The western bluebill (Spermophaga haematina) is a common species of estrildid finch found in Africa.[2] It has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 1,900,000 km2.

Western bluebill
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Estrildidae
Genus: Spermophaga
Species:
S. haematina
Binomial name
Spermophaga haematina
(Vieillot, 1805)

It is found in Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, the Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Togo. The IUCN has classified the species as being of least concern.[3]

The male of this species has a red tipped blue bill, and red flanks from the chin to the breast. They also have a characteristic white-blue eye ring. The female has a blue bill with not as much red at the tip, and face color of either black, washed red or maroon.[4]

References
  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Spermophaga haematina". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  2. Clements, JF (2009). The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World (6th ed.). Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
  3. Birdlife International. "Western Bluebill Spermophaga haematina". Retrieved 27 April 2012.
  4. Paradise Earth. "Western Bluebill". Retrieved 27 April 2012.


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