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Red-faced crimsonwing
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Estrildidae
Genus:	Cryptospiza
Species:	C. reichenovii
Binomial name
Cryptospiza reichenovii (Hartlaub, 1874)

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

It is native to subsaharan mountainous regions : Bioko and the Western High Plateau, the Albertine Rift montane forests and east Africa (from northern Tanzania to eastern Zimbabwe).

References

1. BirdLife International (2016). "Cryptospiza reichenovii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22719359A94623950. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22719359A94623950.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.

External links

• BirdLife International species factsheet
• Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds

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