Seedcracker

The seedcrackers are the genus Pyrenestes of the estrildid finches family. These birds are found in Sub-Saharan Africa. They are gregarious seed eaters with short, very thick, grey bills. All have crimson on the face and tail.

Seedcracker
Black-bellied seedcracker (Pyrenestes ostrinus)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Estrildidae
Genus:	Pyrenestes Swainson, 1837
Type species
Pirenestes sanguineus[1] Swainson, 1837
Species
P. sanguineus P. ostrinus P. minor

Species

The members are:

Image	Common Name	Scientific name	Distribution
	Crimson seedcracker	Pyrenestes sanguineus	Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Senegal and Sierra Leone.
	Black-bellied seedcracker	Pyrenestes ostrinus	SE Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, South Sudan, Nigeria, Equatorial Guinea, Western and Southern Cameroon, Central African Republic, SW Chad, Gabon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Republic of Congo, Uganda, W Kenya, Angola, Zambia and SW Tanzania.
	Lesser seedcracker	Pyrenestes minor	Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania and Zimbabwe.