Western bluebill

Short description: Species of bird

Western bluebill

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Aves
Order:  | Passeriformes
Family:  | Estrildidae
Genus:  | Spermophaga
Species:  |

S. haematina

Binomial name
Spermophaga haematina

(Vieillot, 1807)

The western bluebill (Spermophaga haematina) is a common species of estrildid finch found in Africa.[2] It has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 1,900,000 km2.

It is found in Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, the Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Togo. The IUCN has classified the species as being of least concern.[3]

The male of this species has a red tipped blue bill, and red flanks from the chin to the breast. They also have a characteristic white-blue eye ring. The female has a blue bill with not as much red at the tip, and face color of either black, washed red or maroon.[4]

## References

1. ↑ BirdLife International (2018). "Spermophaga haematina". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T22719398A132128808. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22719398A132128808.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22719398/132128808. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
2. ↑ Clements, JF (2009). The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World (6th ed.). Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
3. ↑ Birdlife International. "Western Bluebill Spermophaga haematina". http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/speciesfactsheet.php?id=8621.
4. ↑ Paradise Earth. "Western Bluebill". http://www.birdproduct.com/birds/western-bluebill/.

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