Waxbills, Munias & Allies

Crimson Seedcracker

Pyrenestes sanguineus

The Crimson Seedcracker (Pyrenestes sanguineus) is a 19 g scrub bird that eats mostly seeds. It stays put all year.

Family

Waxbills, Munias & Allies

Order

Passeriformes

Weight

19 g

Habitat

Shrubland

Diet

Plants and seeds

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

9

Recorded in Liberia, Sierra Leone, Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea, Gambia, Gabon, Senegal, ZZ, Guinea-Bissau.

Where to see it: Freetown Golf Course (Sierra Leone); African Bible College University campus (Liberia); Tower Hill, Liberia, West Africa (Liberia); Yekepa (Liberia); Gola Rainforest NP · East (Sierra Leone).

Photo: (c) Christoph Moning, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist