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Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu in Tarangire, Tanzania This is a significant crop due to not enough focal length, so the quality isn't great. Still, and oddly colored bird it is. Africa,Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu,Tanzania,Tarangire,Tarangire National Park,Uraeginthus bengalus Click/tap to enlarge Species introCountry intro

Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu in Tarangire, Tanzania

This is a significant crop due to not enough focal length, so the quality isn't great. Still, and oddly colored bird it is.

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The red-cheeked cordon-bleu or red-cheeked cordonbleu is a small passerine bird. This estrildid finch is a resident breeding bird in drier regions of tropical sub-Saharan Africa. Red-cheeked cordon-bleu has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 7,700,000 km².

Similar species: Perching Birds
Species identified by Ferdy Christant
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By Ferdy Christant

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Uploaded Nov 7, 2013. Captured Aug 31, 2013 10:06.
  • NIKON D800
  • f/5.6
  • 1/800s
  • ISO560
  • 400mm