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Red-headed Bluebill

Spermophaga ruficapilla

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernSeedsForestDomed nestSmall · 24 g
Red-headed Bluebill (Spermophaga ruficapilla), photo 1
Photo: avocat · CC BY 4.0
Red-headed Bluebill (Spermophaga ruficapilla), photo 2
Photo: avocat · CC BY 4.0
Red-headed Bluebill (Spermophaga ruficapilla), photo 3
Photo: Barry Stewart · CC BY 4.0
Red-headed Bluebill (Spermophaga ruficapilla), photo 4
Photo: Adrien Jailloux · CC BY 4.0
Red-headed Bluebill (Spermophaga ruficapilla), photo 5
Photo: Tommy Andriollo · CC BY 4.0
Red-headed Bluebill (Spermophaga ruficapilla), photo 6
Photo: Tommy Andriollo · CC BY 4.0
Red-headed Bluebill (Spermophaga ruficapilla), photo 7
Photo: avocat · CC BY 4.0
Red-headed Bluebill (Spermophaga ruficapilla), photo 8
Photo: Tommy Andriollo · CC BY 4.0
Red-headed Bluebill (Spermophaga ruficapilla), photo 9
Photo: Tommy Andriollo · CC BY 4.0
Red-headed Bluebill (Spermophaga ruficapilla), photo 10
Photo: Tommy Andriollo · CC BY 4.0

When to see the Red-headed Bluebill

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

Where to see the Red-headed Bluebill

Regular range

The map shades 6 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Uganda Kenya Congo - Kinshasa Angola Tanzania Rwanda

About the Red-headed Bluebill

The red-headed bluebill is a common species of estrildid finch found in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Easily confused with

Western Bluebill (Spermophaga haematina) Western BluebillSpermophaga haematinaThe western bluebill is a common species of estrildid finch found in Africa. Grant's BluebillSpermophaga poliogenysGrant's bluebill is a species of estrildid finch found in forests in central Africa in subtropical forests or in moist lowlands.

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