Red-faced Crimsonwing

When to see the Red-faced Crimsonwing

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is December, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Red-faced Crimsonwing

The map shades 12 countries with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Recorded as a rare visitor in Burundi.

About the Red-faced Crimsonwing

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

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Easily confused with

Dusky CrimsonwingCryptospiza jacksoniThe dusky crimsonwing is a common species of estrildid finch found in Africa. Abyssinian CrimsonwingCryptospiza salvadoriiThe Abyssinian crimsonwing is a small, shy greyish olive finch with bright crimson wings, mantle, back and rump. Shelley's CrimsonwingCryptospiza shelleyiIt is a brightly coloured finch found at low levels.