Biology:Uraeginthus
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Short description: Genus of birds
| Uraeginthus | |
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| Red-cheeked cordon-bleu (Uraeginthus bengalus) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Estrildidae |
| Genus: | Uraeginthus Cabanis, 1851 |
| Type species | |
| Fringilla bengalus[1] Linnaeus, 1766
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Uraeginthus is a genus of small seed-eating birds in the family Estrildidae that are found in Sub-Saharan Africa.
The genus was introduced by the German ornithologist Jean Cabanis in 1851.[2] The type species was subsequently designated as the red-cheeked cordon-bleu.[3] The name Uraeginthus combines the Ancient Greek words oura "tail" and aiginthos for an unknown bird, perhaps a finch.[4]
It contains the following three species:[5]
| Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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Uraeginthus angolensis | Blue waxbill | from Cabinda and the Congo to Kenya and Tanzania in the east south to northern South Africa |
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Uraeginthus bengalus | Red-cheeked cordon-bleu | Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Angola, south Democratic Republic of the Congo and north Zambia |
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Uraeginthus cyanocephalus | Blue-capped cordon-bleu | Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, and Tanzania in East Africa |
References
- ↑ "Estrildidae". The Trust for Avian Systematics. https://www.aviansystematics.org/4th-edition-checklist?viewfamilies=191.
- ↑ Cabanis, Jean; Heine, Ferdinand (1851) (in de, la). Museum Heineanum : Verzeichniss der ornithologischen Sammlung des Oberamtmann Ferdinand Heine, auf Gut St. Burchard vor Halberstadt. 1. Halberstadt: R. Frantz. p. 171. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49584550.
- ↑ Paynter, Raymond A. Jr, ed (1968). Check-list of birds of the world. 14. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. pp. 331–332. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14481532.
- ↑ Jobling, J.A. (2018). "Key to Scientific Names in Ornithology". in del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J. et al.. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions. https://www.hbw.com/dictionary/definition/uraeginthus.
- ↑ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds (July 2021). "Waxbills, parrotfinches, munias, whydahs, Olive Warbler, accentors, pipits". IOC World Bird List Version 11.2. International Ornithologists' Union. https://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/waxbills/. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
Wikidata ☰ Q882354 entry
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