Crimson Seedcracker

Crimson Seedcracker
Crimson Seedcracker
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Estrildidae
Genus: Pyrenestes
Species: P. sanguineus
Binomial name
Pyrenestes sanguineus
(Swainson, 1837)

The Crimson Seedcracker (Pyrenestes sanguineusis) is a common species of estrildid finch found in Africa. It has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 430,000 km².

It is found at Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Senegal & Sierra Leone. The status of the species is evaluated as Least Concern.

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