Bluebill
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For the Australian duck, see Blue-billed Duck.
For the American duck, see Greater Scaup.
| Bluebills | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Estrildidae |
| Genus: | Spermophaga Swainson, 1837 |
| species | |
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S. poliogenys | |
The bluebills are the genus Spermophaga of the estrildid finches. These birds are found in tropical Africa. They are gregarious seed-eaters with short, thick, blue and red bills. All have plumage which is mainly crimson and black or dark grey.
The members are:
- Grant's Bluebill, Spermophaga poliogenys
- Western Bluebill, Spermophaga haematina
- Red-headed Bluebill, Spermophaga ruficapilla
References
- Clement, Harris and Davis, Finches and Sparrows ISBN 0-7136-8017-2
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