Bluebill

For the Australian duck, see Blue-billed duck. For the American duck, see Greater scaup. For the plant, see Clematis pitcheri.

Bluebills
Western bluebill (Spermophaga haematina)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Estrildidae
Genus:	Spermophaga Swainson, 1837
Type species
Spermophaga cyanorynchus Swainson, 1837
Species
S. poliogenys S. haematina S. ruficapilla

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.

Species

The members are:

Image	Common Name	Scientific name	Distribution
	Grant's bluebill	Spermophaga poliogenys	Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda.
	Western bluebill	Spermophaga haematina	Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, the Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Togo.
	Red-headed bluebill	Spermophaga ruficapilla	Angola, Burundi, Central African Republic, The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda.

References

• Clement, Harris and Davis, Finches and Sparrows ISBN 0-7136-8017-2