Waxbills (Estrildidae)
Western Bluebill (Spermophaga haematina) - HBW 15, p. 323
French: Becbleu sanguin
German: Rotbrust-Samenknacker
Spanish: Estrilda Piquigorda Cabecinegra
Other common names: Red-breasted/Crimson-breasted/Gabon Bluebill, Red-breasted Forest Weaver, Blue-billed Weaver/Waxbill
Taxonomy: Loxia haematina Vieillot, 1808, Africa = Ghana.
May form a superspecies with S. ruficapilla, and sometimes considered conspecific; ranges of the two meet in NE, E & S DRCongo (Uele, Kivu and Kasai), where specimens are intermediate in plumage, but majority of birds are clearly of one or the other species, indicating that the two are distinct. Races togoensis and pustulata intergrade in S Cameroon. Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- haematina ( Vieillot, 1808) - Gambia, S Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, SW Mali, Guinea, and Sierra Leone E to Ghana.
- togoensis ( Neumann, 1910) - Togo E to SW Nigeria.
- pustulata ( Voigt, 1831) - SE Nigeria, Cameroon and SW Central African Republic S to NW Angola (Cabinda), E to NE, E & S DRCongo.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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a male taking a bath and later perching Locality Abuko Nature Reserve, Abuko, Western Division, The Gambia (ssp haematina)
Daniêl Jimenez 1 January 2012 1 year ago 36 sec 4.6 -
female bird taking a bath and later together with the male Locality Abuko Nature Reserve, Abuko, Western Division, The Gambia (ssp haematina)
Daniêl Jimenez 1 January 2012 1 year ago 2 min 7 sec 4.4 -
female bird drinking Locality Abuko Nature Reserve, Abuko, Western Division, The Gambia (ssp haematina)
Daniêl Jimenez 1 January 2012 1 year ago 1 min 28 sec 4.2 -
female bird drinking Locality Abuko Nature Reserve, Abuko, Western Division, The Gambia (ssp haematina)
Daniêl Jimenez 1 January 2012 1 year ago 24 sec 4
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2 birds
Locality Abuko Nature Reserve, Abuko, Western Division, The Gambia (ssp haematina)
Daniêl Jimenez 6 January 2005 4 years ago 3.8 -
2 birds,taken by the photocreek
Locality Abuko Nature Reserve, Abuko, Western Division, The Gambia (ssp haematina)
Daniêl Jimenez 6 January 2005 4 years ago 3.8 -
Adult male perching on the branch
Locality Limbe, Southwest Province, Cameroon (ssp pustulata)
Krzysztof Blachowiak 20 February 2012 47 weeks ago 3.8 -
A male on a twig
Locality Limbe, Southwest Province, Cameroon
Tadeusz Stawarczyk 20 February 2012 48 weeks ago 3.5 -
Adult male perching on the branch.
Locality Vogelpark Walsrode, Walsrode, Lower Saxony, Germany (ssp haematina)
Tomasz Doroń 6 October 2009 1 year ago 2.7
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A male reacting to playback. Locality Tanji, Western Division, The Gambia
herve jacob 16 February 2010 3 years ago 4 -
A male reacting to playback. Locality Tanji, Western Division, The Gambia
herve jacob 16 February 2010 3 years ago 3.5
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