Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu
Uraeginthus bengalus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyEstrildidae (Waxbills and Allies)
- GenusUraeginthus (Cordonbleus)
- SpeciesUraeginthus bengalus (Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu)
The red-cheeked cordon-bleu or red-cheeked cordonbleu (Uraeginthus bengalus) is a small passerine bird in the family Estrildidae. 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. Wikipedia →
Closest Relatives at Semuliki National Park
Bronze Mannikin
Lonchura cucullata
Chestnut-breasted Negrofinch
Nigrita bicolor
Gray-headed Negrofinch
Nigrita canicapillus
Orange-cheeked Waxbill
Estrilda melpoda
White-breasted Negrofinch
Nigrita fusconotus
Red-headed Bluebill
Spermophaga ruficapilla
Black-and-white Mannikin
Lonchura bicolor
Black-crowned Waxbill
Estrilda nonnula
Grant's Bluebill
Spermophaga poliogenys
Black-bellied Seedcracker
Pyrenestes ostrinus
Fawn-breasted Waxbill
Estrilda paludicola
Magpie Mannikin
Lonchura fringilloides
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu at Semuliki National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there