Bluebills
Spermophaga
The bluebills are the genus Spermophaga of the estrildid finches family. These birds are found in tropical Africa. They are gregarious seed eaters with short, thick, blue and red bills. All have plumage which is mainly crimson and black or dark grey.
3 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 3 known species
Western Bluebill
speciesSpermophaga haematina
Red-headed Bluebill
speciesSpermophaga ruficapilla
Grant's Bluebill
speciesSpermophaga poliogenys
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 14082.