Red-faced crimsonwing

Red-faced crimsonwing
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Estrildidae
Genus: Cryptospiza
Species:
C. reichenovii
Binomial name
Cryptospiza reichenovii
(Hartlaub, 1874)

The red-faced crimsonwing (Cryptospiza reichenovii) is a common species of estrildid finch found in Africa. It has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 390,000 km2.

It is native to subsaharan mountainous regions : Bioko and the Western High Plateau, the Albertine Rift montane forests and east Africa (from northern Tanzania to eastern Zimbabwe).

References

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Cryptospiza reichenovii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22719359A94623950. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22719359A94623950.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.


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