Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu (male) perched on a bending grass stem

Kenana Farm, Njoro, Rift Valley province, Kenya (August 2010)

For more information on this bird species see the following links:
Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu / Internet Bird Collection
Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu / Bird Forum
Uraeginthus bengalus / IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Red-cheeked Cordonbleu Uraeginthus bengalus / BirdLife International