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Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu

Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu - Adult male

Photographer

» Robert van Zalinge

Location

» Jinja, Uganda

Country image taken

» Uganda

Date

» October, 2005

Equipment

» Nikon D70 with 300mm lens

Bird Species

»Uraeginthus bengalus - Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu

Bird Species (French)

»Cordonbleu à joues rouges

Bird Family

»Estrildidae - Waxbills, Mannikins & Allies

Bird Group

»Passeriformes Flycatchers, Starlings, Sunbirds, Swallows, Warblers, Weavers etc

Bird Status

» Least Concern

Remarks

» This bird was so inert that I thought it must be sick. I was able to lie down a meter from it and take this picture while my dogs ran around us in the garden, but then suddenly it flew up in the air and was gone.

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