Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu bird informationValues
Conservation statusLC - Least concern
SynonymsKenya Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu, Red-cheeked Blue Waxbill, Red cheeked Cordonbleu, Red-cheeked Cordonbleu, Congo Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu, Uganda Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu, Red-cheeked cordon-beu, East Coast Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu, Abyssinian Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu
Old latin name for birdFringilla bengalus, Fringilla benghalus, Estrilda bengalus, Uraeginthus bengalis
OrderPerching birds / Passeriformes
FamilyWaxbills, Munias & Allies / Estrildidae
GenusUraeginthus
Breeding regionAfrica
Breeding subregionw, c, e

Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu bird sounds *

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  • 1.
    Song, © Étienne Leroy
    Burkina Faso
  • 2.
    Call, male, © James Bradley
    Kenya
  • 3.
    Call, © Bram Piot
    Senegal
  • 4.
    Call, © Andrew Spencer
    Ethiopia
  • 5.
    Song, © Peter Boesman
    Ethiopia
  • 6.
    Call, © Jacek Betleja
    Ethiopia
  • 7.
    Call, © Peter Boesman
    Ethiopia
  • 8.
    Alarm call, call, © James Bradley
    Kenya
  • 9.
    Call, © Peter Boesman
    Zambia
  • 10.
    Song, © Peter Boesman
    Ethiopia
* All sounds were found via Xeno-canto.org API

Related species

Where to see Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu

Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu subspecies (4)

SubspeciesBreeding subregionNonbreeding subregionExtinct
Uraeginthus bengalus bengaluss Mauritania to Guinea and e to Ethiopia, Uganda and w Kenya-No
Uraeginthus bengalus brunneigulariss Somalia, c, e Kenya and ne Tanzania-No
Uraeginthus bengalus katangaene Angola, s DR Congo and n Zambia-No
Uraeginthus bengalus ugogensiss Kenya and n, w, c Tanzania-No

Translation

LanguageTranslation
AfrikaansRooiwangblousysie
BelarusianЧырванашчокі астрыльд
BulgarianБенгалска естрилда
CatalanBec de corall galta roig, estrilda blava galta-roja, Bec de corall galta-roig
Chinese红颊蓝饰雀
Chinese (Traditional)紅頰藍飾雀
Croatiansmeđokapa estrilda
Czechmotýlek rudouchý
DanishSommerfuglefinke
DutchBlauwfazantje
EsperantoBengala ureginto, Ruĝvanga estrildo
Estonianaed-lasuuramadiin
Finnishpunaposkipeippo
FrenchCordonbleu à joues rouges, Cordon-bleu
GalicianAzuliño de bochechas vermellas
GermanSchmetterlings-Astrild, Schmetterlingastrild, Schmetterlingsastrild
GreekΓαλαvόσπιζα
Hungarianpillangópinty
IcelandicBlástrildi
IrishCéirghob gruadhearg
ItalianCordon blu guancerosse, Cordon blu, Cordon-blu guancerosse
Japaneseセイキチョウ
LatvianSarkanvaigu grenadieržubīte
Lithuanianraudonskruostė drugelinė astrilda, Raudonskruostis vaškasnapis
MacedonianЦрвеноушеста астрилда
Maltesecordonbleu ta' ħaddejh ħomor
Northern SamiRuksesnierbeibboš
NorwegianRødkinnastrild, rødkinnastrild, Rødkinnet sommerfuglfink
Norwegian NynorskRaudkinnastrild
Polishmotylik krasnouchy
Portuguesepeito-celeste-de-faces-carmesim, Peito-celeste, peito-celeste-de-faces-carmim, peito-celeste-de-face-carmim
RussianКрасноухый астрильд, мотыльковый астрильд, Красноухий астрильд
SerbianLeptirasta zeba
SlovakAstrild červenosluchý, motýlik červenosluchý, motýlik cervenosluchý
Slovenianmetuljasta astrilda
SpanishAzulito carirrojo, Cordón Azul de Mejillas Rojas, Azulito de Senegal
SwahiliKitenduli Shavu-jekundu
Swedishrödkindad fjärilsfink
TurkishAl Yanaklı Mavi Mumgaga, mavi mumgaga
Ukrainianастрильд-метелик червонощокий
WelshGrenadwr bochgoch