• Synonyms Red-cheeked Blue Waxbill, Red cheeked Cordonbleu, East Coast Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu, Abyssinian Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu, Kenya Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu, Red-cheeked cordon-beu, Uganda Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu, Congo Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu, Red-cheeked Cordonbleu
  • Old latin name for bird Fringilla bengalus, Uraeginthus bengalis, Fringilla benghalus, Estrilda bengalus

Red-cheeked Cordon-bleubird sounds *

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

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Where to see Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu

  • Breeding region Africa
  • Breeding subregion w, c, e

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

Species Name in Other Languages

LanguageTranslation
AfrikaansRooiwangblousysie
BelarusianЧырванашчокі астрыльд
BulgarianБенгалска естрилда
Catalanestrilda blava galta-roja, Bec de corall galta roig, Bec de corall galta-roig
Chinese红颊蓝饰雀
Chinese (Traditional)紅頰藍飾雀
Croatiansmeđokapa estrilda
Czechmotýlek rudouchý
DanishSommerfuglefinke
DutchBlauwfazantje
EsperantoRuĝvanga estrildo, Bengala ureginto
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
NorwegianRødkinnet sommerfuglfink, rødkinnastrild
Norwegian NynorskRaudkinnastrild
Polishmotylik krasnouchy
PortuguesePeito-celeste-de-face-carmim, Peito-celeste, peito-celeste-de-faces-carmesim
RussianКрасноухий астрильд, Красноухый астрильд, мотыльковый астрильд
SerbianLeptirasta zeba
Slovakmotýlik červenosluchý, motýlik cervenosluchý, Astrild červenosluchý
Slovenianmetuljasta astrilda
SpanishAzulito de Senegal, Azulito carirrojo, Cordón Azul de Mejillas Rojas
SwahiliKitenduli Shavu-jekundu
Swedishrödkindad fjärilsfink
Turkishmavi mumgaga, Al Yanaklı Mavi Mumgaga
Ukrainianастрильд-метелик червонощокий
WelshGrenadwr bochgoch