Uraeginthus

Uraeginthus
	Red-cheeked cordon-bleu (Uraeginthus bengalus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Estrildidae
Genus:	Uraeginthus; Cabanis, 1851

Uraeginthus is a genus of birds in the family Estrildidae.

The genus was introduced by the German ornithologist Jean Cabanis in 1851.[1] The type species was subsequently designated as the red-cheeked cordon-bleu.[2] The name Uraeginthus combines the Ancient Greek words oura "tail" and aiginthos for an unknown bird, perhaps a finch.[3]

It contains the following five species:[4]

Scientific name	Common Name	Distribution
Uraeginthus angolensis	Blue waxbill	from Cabinda and the Congo to Kenya and Tanzania in the east south to northern South Africa.
Uraeginthus bengalus	Red-cheeked cordon-bleu	Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania , Angola, south Democratic Republic of the Congo and north Zambia
Uraeginthus cyanocephalus	Blue-capped cordon-bleu	Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, and Tanzania in East Africa.
Uraeginthus granatinus	Violet-eared waxbill	Southern Africa.
Uraeginthus ianthinogaster	Purple grenadier	Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda

References

Cabanis, Jean; Heine, Ferdinand (1851). Museum Heineanum : Verzeichniss der ornithologischen Sammlung des Oberamtmann Ferdinand Heine, auf Gut St. Burchard vor Halberstadt (in German and Latin). Volume 1. Halbertstadt: R. Frantz. p. 171.
Paynter, Raymond A. Jr, ed. (1968). Check-list of birds of the world. Volume 14. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. pp. 331–332.
Jobling, J.A. (2018). del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J.; Christie, D.A.; de Juana, E. (eds.). "Key to Scientific Names in Ornithology". Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2018). "Waxbills, parrotfinches, munias, whydahs, Olive Warbler, accentors, pipits". World Bird List Version 8.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 4 May 2018.

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[1] Cabanis, Jean; Heine, Ferdinand (1851). Museum Heineanum : Verzeichniss der ornithologischen Sammlung des Oberamtmann Ferdinand Heine, auf Gut St. Burchard vor Halberstadt (in German and Latin). Volume 1. Halbertstadt: R. Frantz. p. 171.

[2] Paynter, Raymond A. Jr, ed. (1968). Check-list of birds of the world. Volume 14. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. pp. 331–332.

[hbwkey-3] Jobling, J.A. (2018). del Hoyo, J.; Elliott, A.; Sargatal, J.; Christie, D.A.; de Juana, E. (eds.). "Key to Scientific Names in Ornithology". Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions. Retrieved 4 May 2018.

[ioc-4] Gill, Frank; Donsker, David, eds. (2018). "Waxbills, parrotfinches, munias, whydahs, Olive Warbler, accentors, pipits". World Bird List Version 8.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 4 May 2018.