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Western Bluebill
Spermophaga haematina (Vieillot, LJP 1807)
The western bluebill is a common species of estrildid finch found in Africa. It has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 1,900,000 km2. Source: Wikipedia
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Passeriformes
Family:
Estrildidae
Genus:
Spermophaga
Scientific:
Spermophaga haematina
Classification
Order:Passeriformes
Family:
Estrildidae
Genus:
Spermophaga
Scientific:
Spermophaga haematina
Original description
Citation:
(Vieillot, LJP 1807)
Reference:
Ois. Chanteurs
Protonym:
Loxia haematina
Type locality:
Africa ; restricted to Gold Coast by Neumann, 1910, Journ. f. Ornith., 58, p. 523.
Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/250258#page/250/mode/1up
Avibase identifiers
Avibase ID:
3817DA4ABE5D080E
Avibase ID:
avibase-3817DA4A
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/3817DA4A
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 563053
Geographic range:
- Spermophaga haematina: lowland undergrowth in Upper Guinea rainforest, coastal palm forest, and thickets, from Senegambia eastward through southern Nigeria to western Central African Republic, and southward to Republic of the Congo, Cabinda (northeastern Angola), and to western, northeastern, and eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Spermophaga haematina haematina: Senegambia to southern Mali, Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Ghana
- Spermophaga haematina togoensis: Togo to southwestern Nigeria
- Spermophaga haematina pustulata: southeastern Nigeria to Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, central Democratic Republic of the Congo, and northwestern Angola
Source: Clements checklist
Western Bluebill
Bulgarian:
Гвинейска синьоклюна астрилда
Catalan:
estrilda becgrossa sagnant
Czech:
louskáček červenoprsý
Danish:
Rødbrystet Frøknækker
German:
Rotbrust-Samenknacker
Esperanto:
ruĝbrusta estrildo
Spanish:
Estrilda Piquigorda Cabecinegra
Spanish (Spain):
Estrilda Piquigorda Cabecinegra
Estonian:
sininokk-veriamadiin
Finnish:
pensassininokka
French:
Becbleu sanguin
Croatian:
crvenoprsa estrilda
Hungarian:
kékcsőrű pinty
Italian:
Beccazzurro occidentale
Japanese (romaji):
kurogaoaohashikinpara
Japanese:
クロガオアオハシキンパラ
Lithuanian:
Raudonkrūtė mėlynsnapė astrilda
Dutch:
Roodborstblauwsnavel
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Blånebbastrild
Norwegian:
Blånebbastrild
Polish:
płomiennik czarnogłowy
Portuguese:
Tecelinho-de-bico-azul
Portuguese (Portugal):
tecelinho-de-cabeça-preta
Russian:
Кровавогрудый синеклюв
Slovak:
luskáčik červenoprsý
Serbian:
Crvenogruda kleštokljuna zeba
Swedish:
rödbröstad blånäbb
Turkish:
Kara başlı tohumçatlatan
Ukrainian:
Синьодзьоб чорноголовий
Chinese:
红胸蓝嘴雀
Chinese (Traditional):
紅胸藍嘴雀
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| African Bird Club Checklist 2004: Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| African Bird Club Checklist August 2005: Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| African Bird Club Checklist March 2007: Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| African Bird Club Checklist January 2008: Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| African Bird Club Checklist May 2009: Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| African Bird Club Checklist March 2010: Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025): Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| Avilist 2025: Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 00: Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 01: Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 02: Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 03: Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 04: Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012): Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012): Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013): Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014): Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024): Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v10 (Oct 2025): Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009): Sénégali sanguin ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993): Sénégali sanguin ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| Clements 1st edition: Blue-bill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2021: Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2022: Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2023: Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2024: Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2025: Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| Clements 3rd edition: Blue-bill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| Clements 4th edition: Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (as published): Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions): Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions): Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions): Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions): Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions): Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions): Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition: Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions): Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions): Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions): Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions): Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions): Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions): Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions): Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions): Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2015: Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2016: Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2017: Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2018: Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2019: Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.50: Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.52: Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.53: Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.54: Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.55: Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2015: Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2016: Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2017: Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2018: Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2019: Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2021: Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2022: Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2023: Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2024: Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2025: Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 2nd edition: Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl): Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published): Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2): Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1): Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1): Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4): Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5): Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6): Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7): Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8): Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0: Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1: Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5: Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6: Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7: Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0: Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1: Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2: Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3: Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4: Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5: Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6: Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7: Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8: Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9: Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10: Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11: Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1: Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2: Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3: Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4: Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5: Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1: Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2: Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3: Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4: Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1: Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2: Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3: Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 15.1: Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| Morony, Bock and Farrand: Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds: Spermophaga haematina [version 1] |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original): Spermophaga haematina [version 1] |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition): Spermophaga haematina [version 1] |
| Sibley and Monroe (1993): Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998): Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0: Western Bluebill ( Spermophaga haematina) [version 1] |
| Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Spermophaga haematina [version 1] |
| Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Spermophaga haematina [version 1] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: full species
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Other synonyms
See also the taxonomic synonyms table.
Bulgarian: Гвинейска синьоклюна астрилда
Catalan: estrilda becgrossa sagnant
Czech: Louskácek cervenoprsý, louskáček červenoprsý
Danish: Rødbrystet Frøknækker
German: Rotbrust-Samenknacker
English: Bluebill, Blue-bill, Blue-billed Waxbill, Blue-billed Weaver, Crimson-breasted Bluebill, Red-breasted Bluebill, Western Bluebill
English (Avilist): Western Bluebill
English, HBW: Western Bluebill
English (IOC): Western Bluebill
English (United States): Western Bluebill
Esperanto: ruĝbrusta estrildo, Sanga spermofago
Spanish: Estrilda Piquigorda Cabecinegra, Pinzón Pico Azul de Pecho Rojo
Spanish (Spain): Estrilda Piquigorda Cabecinegra
Spanish (HBW): Western Bluebill
Estonian: sininokk-veriamadiin
Finnish: Pensassininokka
French: Becbleu sanguin, Gros-bec sanguin, Grosbec sanguine, Sénégali sanguin
French (Guyane): Becbleu sanguin
Croatian: crvenoprsa estrilda
Hungarian: kékcsőrű pinty
Italian: Beccazzurro occidentale, Beccoblu occidentale
Japanese (romaji): kurogaoaohashikimpara, kurogaoaohashikinpara
Japanese: クロガオアオハシキンパラ
Scientific: Loxia haematina, Spermestes cyanorynchus, Spermophaga cyanorynchus, Spermophaga haematina, Spermophaga haematina haematina
Lithuanian: Raudonkrūtė mėlynsnapė astrilda
Maltese: bluebill tal-Punent
Dutch: Roodborstblauwsnavel, Roodborst-blauwsnavel
Norwegian Nynorsk: Blånebbastrild
Norwegian: Blånebbastrild, Rødbrystet frøknekker
Polish: plomiennik czarnoglowy, płomiennik czarnogłowy
Portuguese: Tecelinho-de-bico-azul
Portuguese (Angola): Bico-azul-ocidental
Portuguese (Portugal): tecelinho-de-cabeça-preta
Russian: Красногрудый синеклювый астрильд, Кровавогрудый синеклюв, Синеклювый красногрудый астрильд
Slovak: luskácik cervenoprsý, luskáčik červenoprsý
Serbian: Crvenogruda kleštokljuna zeba
Swedish: Rödbröstad blånäbb
Turkish: Kara başlı tohumçatlatan
Ukrainian: Синьодзьоб чорноголовий
Chinese: 红胸蓝嘴雀
Chinese (Traditional): 紅胸藍嘴雀
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