Bluebill
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Order: Passeriformes
Family: Estrildidae
Genus: Spermophaga

[Photo] Red-headed Bluebill (Spermophaga ruficapilla). Source: Bird stamps from Guinea, 1993. URL: www.birdtheme.org/country/guinea.html

The bluebills are the genus Spermophaga of the estrildid finches. 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.

The members are:

- Grant's Bluebill, Spermophaga poliogenys
- Western Bluebill, Spermophaga haematina
- Red-headed Bluebill, Spermophaga ruficapilla

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