American Tree Sparrow

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.

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.

References

• Clement, Harris and Davis, Finches and Sparrows ISBN 0-7136-8017-2