Blue-capped cordon-bleu

Uraeginthus cyanocephalus

The blue-capped cordon-bleu is native to Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, and Tanzania in East Africa. This small finch does fairly well in captivity given adequate conditions; however, breeding this finch is said to be quite difficult.
Blue-capped Cordon-Bleu (Uraeginthus cyanocephalus) Blue-capped cordon-bleu,Geotagged,Kenya,Mehd Halaouate,Uraeginthus cyanocephalus,Winter,amboseli

Habitat

The blue-capped cordon-bleu inhabits the subtropical or tropical dry grasslands, shrublands, and deserts of subsaharan Africa. It has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 390,000 km2.

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Status: Least concern
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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionChordata
ClassAves
OrderPasseriformes
FamilyEstrildidae
GenusUraeginthus
SpeciesU. cyanocephalus
Photographed in
Kenya
Tanzania