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title: "Peito-celeste-de-face-carmesim"
description: "Uraeginthus bengalus — Aves. The red-cheeked cordon-bleu or red-cheeked cordonbleu (Uraeginthus bengalus) is a small passerine bird in the family Estrildidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/red-cheeked-cordonbleu
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Peito-celeste-de-face-carmesim

> Uraeginthus bengalus — Aves. The red-cheeked cordon-bleu or red-cheeked cordonbleu (Uraeginthus bengalus) is a small passerine bird in the family Estrildidae.

- Scientific name: *Uraeginthus bengalus*
- Category: `birds` (Aves)
- Habitats: `savanna` (Savana)
- iNaturalist observations: 2709
- Wikidata: [Q1070293](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1070293)
- iNaturalist taxon: [14027](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/14027)

## Names

- en: Red-cheeked Cordonbleu
- de: Schmetterlingsastrild
- es: Azulito Carirrojo
- fr: Cordonbleu à joues rouges
- pt: Peito-celeste-de-face-carmesim
- pl: Motylik krasnouchy

## Countries with the most observations

KE (539), TZ (267), BJ (263), GM (261), ET (252), UG (221), SN (173), NG (91), RW (58), BF (49), GH (49), TD (25)

## Summary

The red-cheeked cordon-bleu or red-cheeked cordonbleu (Uraeginthus bengalus) is a small passerine bird in the family Estrildidae. This estrildid finch is a resident breeding bird in drier regions of tropical Sub-Saharan Africa. Red-cheeked cordon-bleu has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 7,700,000 km2.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-cheeked_cordon-bleu

## Photo

![Peito-celeste-de-face-carmesim](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/red-cheeked-cordonbleu/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jean-Paul Boerekamps · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/68535192

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/red-cheeked-cordonbleu?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).