Blue-capped cordon-bleu

Blue-capped cordon-bleu

Blue-capped cordonbleu

Kingdom
Phylum
Class
Family
Genus
SPECIES
Uraeginthus cyanocephalus

The blue-capped cordon-bleu or blue-capped cordonbleu (Uraeginthus cyanocephalus ) 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.

Distribution

Geography

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

Habits and Lifestyle

Lifestyle
Seasonal behavior

Diet and Nutrition

Population

References

1. Blue-capped cordon-bleu Wikipedia article - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue-capped_cordon-bleu
2. Blue-capped cordon-bleu on The IUCN Red List site - https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22719499/132130104

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