DE: Schmetterlingsfink, NL: Blauwborstastrilde (Blauwfazantje), FR: Cordonbleu à joues rouges,
ES: Cordón Azul de Mejillas Rojas, IT: Cordon blu guancerosse,
PT: Azulinho de bochechas vermelhas, DK: Sommerfuglefinke, SW: Rödkindad fjärilsfink,
NO: Rødkinnastrild, FI: Punaposkipeippo, PL: motylik krasnouchy, CZ: Motýlek rudouchý,
HU: Pillangópinty, TR: Küçük mavi kırmızı yanaklı mumgaga
Uraeginthus bengalus
Uraeginthus bengalus bengalus
Uraeginthus b. brunneigularis
Uraeginthus b. katangae
Uraeginthus b. littoralis
Uraeginthus b. ugogoensis
Origin: Mauritania, Senegal, The Gambia, Mali, Ghana, Niger, Cameroon, Chad, Central African Republic, Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda. Kenya, Tanzania, D.R. Congo (Zaire), Zambia
Length: 12 cm.
Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu (male)
Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu (female)
Food: Grass seeds are they staple diet, but they also eat millet and other seeds; sometimes also ripe fruits. Insects, usually termites, complete the menu, especially in the dry season when there is not much else to be found. They often search for food in villages and on fields.
These birds usually fly rather low, from bush to bush. They normally move about in pairs or in family groups, sometimes in larger groups.
Red cheeked Cordon bleus, almost born
Red cheeked Cordonbleus – 3 young ones (four weeks)
Red-cheeked Cordon Bleus – Parents