Red Cheek Cordon Bleu Finch – Uraeginthus Bengalus

Identification:

The adult male cordon bleu has uniformly brown upperparts, pale blue breast, flanks and tail and a yellow belly. They have a red patch on each cheek. Females are similar in color but are duller, and lack the cheek spot. Juveniles are colored like the female, but with blue restricted to the face and throat only.

Song is a high-pitched whistling ‘te-chee-wa-tchee’ or ‘sseedeedelee-deedelee-ssee-ssee’

Contact note is a weak squeaking ‘tsee-tsee’ or ‘tseu-tseu’