Crimson seedcracker
Species of African finch / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Crimson seedcracker | |
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male at ZooParc de Beauval | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Estrildidae |
Genus: | Pyrenestes |
Species: | P. sanguineus |
Binomial name | |
Pyrenestes sanguineus Swainson, 1837 | |
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The crimson seedcracker (Pyrenestes sanguineus) is a common species of estrildid finch found in Africa. It has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 834,000 km2 (322,000 sq mi).[2] It is found in Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Senegal and Sierra Leone. The International Union for Conservation of Nature has classified the species as being of least concern.