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Red-headed Bluebill

Spermophaga ruficapilla (Shelley, GE 1888)

The red-headed bluebill is a common species of estrildid finch found in Sub-Saharan Africa. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Estrildidae
Genus:
   Spermophaga
Scientific:
  Spermophaga ruficapilla

Original description

Citation:
  (Shelley, GE 1888)

Reference:
   Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1888, Part 1 p. 30

Protonym:
  Spermospiza ruficapilla

Type locality:
  Bellima, upper Uele district.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/99299#page/64/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  46A1FC775CC25283

Avibase ID:
  avibase-46A1FC77

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/46A1FC77

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 563055

Geographic range:

  • Spermophaga ruficapilla ruficapilla: northern Angola to southern South Sudan, Uganda, western Kenya, and western Tanzania
  • Spermophaga ruficapilla cana: NE Tanzania (Usambara Mountains)
Source: Clements checklist
English:
Red-headed Bluebill
Catalan:
estrilda becgrossa de cap vermell
Czech:
louskáček červenohlavý
Danish:
Rødhovedet Frøknækker
German:
Rotkopf-Samenknacker
Spanish:
Estrilda Piquigorda Cabecirroja
Spanish (Spain):
Estrilda Piquigorda Cabecirroja
Finnish:
metsäsininokka
French:
Becbleu à tête rouge
Croatian:
plavokljuna estrilda
Hungarian:
vörösfejű kékcsőrű pinty
Italian:
Beccazzurro testarossa
Japanese (romaji):
zuakaaohashikinpara
Japanese:
ズアカアオハシキンパラ
Lithuanian:
Raudongalvė mėlynsnapė astrilda
Dutch:
Roodkopblauwsnavel
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Raudhovudastrild
Norwegian:
Rødhodeastrild
Polish:
płomiennik czerwonogłowy
Portuguese:
tecelinho-de-cabeça-vermelha
Portuguese (Portugal):
tecelinho-de-cabeça-vermelha
Russian:
Рубиновый синеклюв
Slovak:
luskáčik červenohlavý
Serbian:
Crvenoglava kleštokljuna zeba
Swedish:
rödhuvad blånäbb
Ukrainian:
Синьодзьоб червоноголовий
Chinese:
红头蓝嘴雀
Chinese (Traditional):
紅頭藍嘴雀

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

African Bird Club Checklist 2004:
Red-headed Bluebill ( Spermophaga ruficapilla) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist August 2005:
Red-headed Bluebill ( Spermophaga ruficapilla) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist March 2007:
Red-headed Bluebill ( Spermophaga ruficapilla) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist January 2008:
Red-headed Bluebill ( Spermophaga ruficapilla) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist May 2009:
Red-headed Bluebill ( Spermophaga ruficapilla) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist March 2010:
Red-headed Bluebill ( Spermophaga ruficapilla) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Red-headed Bluebill ( Spermophaga ruficapilla) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Red-headed Bluebill ( Spermophaga ruficapilla) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Red-headed Bluebill ( Spermophaga ruficapilla) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Red-headed Bluebill ( Spermophaga ruficapilla) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Red-headed Bluebill ( Spermophaga ruficapilla) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Red-headed Bluebill ( Spermophaga ruficapilla) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Red-headed Bluebill ( Spermophaga ruficapilla) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Red-headed Bluebill ( Spermophaga ruficapilla) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Red-headed Bluebill ( Spermophaga ruficapilla) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Red-headed Bluebill ( Spermophaga ruficapilla) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 00:
Red-headed Bluebill ( Spermophaga ruficapilla) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 01:
Red-headed Bluebill ( Spermophaga ruficapilla) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 02:
Red-headed Bluebill ( Spermophaga ruficapilla) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 03:
Red-headed Bluebill ( Spermophaga ruficapilla) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 04:
Red-headed Bluebill ( Spermophaga ruficapilla) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
Red-headed Bluebill ( Spermophaga ruficapilla) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
Red-headed Bluebill ( Spermophaga ruficapilla) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
Red-headed Bluebill ( Spermophaga ruficapilla) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
Red-headed Bluebill ( Spermophaga ruficapilla) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
Red-headed Bluebill ( Spermophaga ruficapilla) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
Red-headed Bluebill ( Spermophaga ruficapilla) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
Red-headed Bluebill ( Spermophaga ruficapilla) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
Red-headed Bluebill ( Spermophaga ruficapilla) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
Red-headed Bluebill ( Spermophaga ruficapilla) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
Red-headed Bluebill ( Spermophaga ruficapilla) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
Red-headed Bluebill ( Spermophaga ruficapilla) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
Red-headed Bluebill ( Spermophaga ruficapilla) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
Red-headed Bluebill ( Spermophaga ruficapilla) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
Red-headed Bluebill ( Spermophaga ruficapilla) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
Red-headed Bluebill ( Spermophaga ruficapilla) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
Red-headed Bluebill ( Spermophaga ruficapilla) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Sénégali à tête rouge ( Spermophaga ruficapilla) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Sénégali à tête rouge ( Spermophaga ruficapilla) [version 1]
Clements 1st edition:
Red-headed Blue-bill ( Spermophaga ruficapilla) [version 1]
Clements, version 2021:
Red-headed Bluebill ( Spermophaga ruficapilla) [version 1]
Clements, version 2022:
Red-headed Bluebill ( Spermophaga ruficapilla) [version 1]
Clements, version 2023:
Red-headed Bluebill ( Spermophaga ruficapilla) [version 1]
Clements 3rd edition:
Red-headed Blue-bill ( Spermophaga ruficapilla) [version 1]
Clements 4th edition:
Red-headed Bluebill ( Spermophaga ruficapilla) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (as published):
Red-headed Bluebill ( Spermophaga ruficapilla) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
Red-headed Bluebill ( Spermophaga ruficapilla) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
Red-headed Bluebill ( Spermophaga ruficapilla) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
Red-headed Bluebill ( Spermophaga ruficapilla) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
Red-headed Bluebill ( Spermophaga ruficapilla) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
Red-headed Bluebill ( Spermophaga ruficapilla) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
Red-headed Bluebill ( Spermophaga ruficapilla) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition:
Red-headed Bluebill ( Spermophaga ruficapilla) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
Red-headed Bluebill ( Spermophaga ruficapilla) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
Red-headed Bluebill ( Spermophaga ruficapilla) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
Red-headed Bluebill ( Spermophaga ruficapilla) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
Red-headed Bluebill ( Spermophaga ruficapilla) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
Red-headed Bluebill ( Spermophaga ruficapilla) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
Red-headed Bluebill ( Spermophaga ruficapilla) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
Red-headed Bluebill ( Spermophaga ruficapilla) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
Red-headed Bluebill ( Spermophaga ruficapilla) [version 1]
Clements, version 2015:
Red-headed Bluebill ( Spermophaga ruficapilla) [version 1]
Clements, version 2016:
Red-headed Bluebill ( Spermophaga ruficapilla) [version 1]
Clements, version 2017:
Red-headed Bluebill ( Spermophaga ruficapilla) [version 1]
Clements, version 2018:
Red-headed Bluebill ( Spermophaga ruficapilla) [version 1]
Clements, version 2019:
Red-headed Bluebill ( Spermophaga ruficapilla) [version 1]
eBird version 1.50:
Red-headed Bluebill ( Spermophaga ruficapilla) [version 1]
eBird version 1.52:
Red-headed Bluebill ( Spermophaga ruficapilla) [version 1]
eBird version 1.53:
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eBird version 1.54:
Red-headed Bluebill ( Spermophaga ruficapilla) [version 1]
eBird version 1.55:
Red-headed Bluebill ( Spermophaga ruficapilla) [version 1]
eBird version 2015:
Red-headed Bluebill ( Spermophaga ruficapilla) [version 1]
eBird version 2016:
Red-headed Bluebill ( Spermophaga ruficapilla) [version 1]
eBird version 2017:
Red-headed Bluebill ( Spermophaga ruficapilla) [version 1]
eBird version 2018:
Red-headed Bluebill ( Spermophaga ruficapilla) [version 1]
eBird version 2019:
Red-headed Bluebill ( Spermophaga ruficapilla) [version 1]
eBird version 2021:
Red-headed Bluebill ( Spermophaga ruficapilla) [version 1]
eBird version 2022:
Red-headed Bluebill ( Spermophaga ruficapilla) [version 1]
eBird version 2023:
Red-headed Bluebill ( Spermophaga ruficapilla) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
Red-headed Bluebill ( Spermophaga ruficapilla) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl):
Red-headed Bluebill ( Spermophaga ruficapilla) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
Red-headed Bluebill ( Spermophaga ruficapilla) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
Red-headed Bluebill ( Spermophaga ruficapilla) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
Red-headed Bluebill ( Spermophaga ruficapilla) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
Red-headed Bluebill ( Spermophaga ruficapilla) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
Red-headed Bluebill ( Spermophaga ruficapilla) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
Red-headed Bluebill ( Spermophaga ruficapilla) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
Red-headed Bluebill ( Spermophaga ruficapilla) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
Red-headed Bluebill ( Spermophaga ruficapilla) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
Red-headed Bluebill ( Spermophaga ruficapilla) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
Red-headed Bluebill ( Spermophaga ruficapilla) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
Red-headed Bluebill ( Spermophaga ruficapilla) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
Red-headed Bluebill ( Spermophaga ruficapilla) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
Red-headed Bluebill ( Spermophaga ruficapilla) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
Red-headed Bluebill ( Spermophaga ruficapilla) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
Red-headed Bluebill ( Spermophaga ruficapilla) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
Red-headed Bluebill ( Spermophaga ruficapilla) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
Red-headed Bluebill ( Spermophaga ruficapilla) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1:
Red-headed Bluebill ( Spermophaga ruficapilla) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7:
Red-headed Bluebill ( Spermophaga ruficapilla) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0:
Red-headed Bluebill ( Spermophaga ruficapilla) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2:
Red-headed Bluebill ( Spermophaga ruficapilla) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4:
Red-headed Bluebill ( Spermophaga ruficapilla) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5:
Red-headed Bluebill ( Spermophaga ruficapilla) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6:
Red-headed Bluebill ( Spermophaga ruficapilla) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7:
Red-headed Bluebill ( Spermophaga ruficapilla) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8:
Red-headed Bluebill ( Spermophaga ruficapilla) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9:
Red-headed Bluebill ( Spermophaga ruficapilla) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10:
Red-headed Bluebill ( Spermophaga ruficapilla) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11:
Red-headed Bluebill ( Spermophaga ruficapilla) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1:
Red-headed Bluebill ( Spermophaga ruficapilla) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2:
Red-headed Bluebill ( Spermophaga ruficapilla) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3:
Red-headed Bluebill ( Spermophaga ruficapilla) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4:
Red-headed Bluebill ( Spermophaga ruficapilla) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5:
Red-headed Bluebill ( Spermophaga ruficapilla) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1:
Red-headed Bluebill ( Spermophaga ruficapilla) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2:
Red-headed Bluebill ( Spermophaga ruficapilla) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3:
Red-headed Bluebill ( Spermophaga ruficapilla) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4:
Red-headed Bluebill ( Spermophaga ruficapilla) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1:
Red-headed Bluebill ( Spermophaga ruficapilla) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2:
Red-headed Bluebill ( Spermophaga ruficapilla) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3:
Red-headed Bluebill ( Spermophaga ruficapilla) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4:
Red-headed Bluebill ( Spermophaga ruficapilla) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1:
Red-headed Bluebill ( Spermophaga ruficapilla) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3:
Red-headed Bluebill ( Spermophaga ruficapilla) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4:
Red-headed Bluebill ( Spermophaga ruficapilla) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1:
Red-headed Bluebill ( Spermophaga ruficapilla) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2:
Red-headed Bluebill ( Spermophaga ruficapilla) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3:
Red-headed Bluebill ( Spermophaga ruficapilla) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1:
Red-headed Bluebill ( Spermophaga ruficapilla) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2:
Red-headed Bluebill ( Spermophaga ruficapilla) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2:
Red-headed Bluebill ( Spermophaga ruficapilla) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1:
Red-headed Bluebill ( Spermophaga ruficapilla) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2:
Red-headed Bluebill ( Spermophaga ruficapilla) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1:
Red-headed Bluebill ( Spermophaga ruficapilla) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2:
Red-headed Bluebill ( Spermophaga ruficapilla) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
Red-headed Bluebill ( Spermophaga ruficapilla) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
Red-headed Bluebill ( Spermophaga ruficapilla) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
Red-headed Bluebill ( Spermophaga ruficapilla) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
Red-headed Bluebill ( Spermophaga ruficapilla) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
Red-headed Bluebill ( Spermophaga ruficapilla) [version 1]
Morony, Bock and Farrand:
Red-headed Bluebill ( Spermophaga ruficapilla) [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
Spermophaga ruficapilla [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Spermophaga ruficapilla [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
Spermophaga ruficapilla [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993):
Red-headed Bluebill ( Spermophaga ruficapilla) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
Red-headed Bluebill ( Spermophaga ruficapilla) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
Red-headed Bluebill ( Spermophaga ruficapilla) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01:
Red-headed Bluebill ( Spermophaga ruficapilla) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.02:
Red-headed Bluebill ( Spermophaga ruficapilla) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.03:
Red-headed Bluebill ( Spermophaga ruficapilla) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.04 (7/07/2024):
Red-headed Bluebill ( Spermophaga ruficapilla) [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Spermophaga ruficapilla [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Spermophaga ruficapilla [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species

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Catalan: estrilda becgrossa de cap vermell
Czech: Louskácek cervenohlavý, louskáček červenohlavý
Danish: Rødhovedet Frøknækker
German: Rotkopf-Samenknacker
English: Red headed Bluebill, Red-billed Bluebill, Red-headed Bluebill, Red-headed Blue-bill
English, HBW: Red-headed Bluebill
English (IOC): Red-headed Bluebill
English (Kenya): Red-headed Bluebill
English (United States): Red-headed Bluebill
Esperanto: Rufĉapa spermofago
Spanish: Estrilda Piquigorda Cabecirroja, Pinzón Pico Azul de Cabeza Roja
Spanish (Spain): Estrilda Piquigorda Cabecirroja
Spanish (HBW): Red-headed Bluebill
Estonian: uganda veriamadiin
Finnish: Metsäsininokka
French: Becbleu à tête rouge, Grosbec à tête rouge, Gros-bec à tête rouge, Gros-bec sanguin, Sénégali à tête rouge
Croatian: plavokljuna estrilda
Hungarian: vörösfejű kékcsőrű pinty
Italian: Beccazzurro testarossa, Beccoblu testarossa
Japanese (romaji): zuakaaohashikimpara, zuakaaohashikinpara
Japanese: ズアカアオハシキンパラ, ヅアカアオハシキンパラ
Scientific: Spemophaga ruficapilla, Spermophaga ruficapilla, Spermophaga ruficapilla ruficapilla, Spermospiza ruficapilla
Lithuanian: Raudongalvė mėlynsnapė astrilda
Dutch: Roodkopblauwsnavel, Roodkop-blauwsnavel
Norwegian Nynorsk: Raudhovudastrild
Norwegian: Rødhodeastrild, Rødhodet frøknekker
Polish: plomiennik czerwonoglowy, płomiennik czerwonogłowy
Portuguese: Tecelinho de cabeca vermelha, tecelinho-de-cabeça-vermelha
Portuguese (Portugal): tecelinho-de-cabeça-vermelha
Russian: Красноголовый астрильд, Красноголовый синеклювый астрильд, Рубиновый синеклюв
Slovak: luskáčik červenohlavý
Serbian: Crvenoglava kleštokljuna zeba
Swedish: Rödhuvad blånäbb
Swahili: Domobuluu Kichwa-chekundu
Turkish: Al başlı tohumçatlatan
Ukrainian: Синьодзьоб червоноголовий
Chinese: 红头蓝嘴雀
Chinese (Traditional): 紅頭藍嘴雀

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