Bluebill
The bluebills are the genus ''Spermophaga '' of the estrildid finches family. 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. Taxonomy The genus ''Spermophaga'' was introduced in 1837 by the English zoologist William Swainson to accommodate a single species ''Spermophaga cyanorhynchus'' Swainson. This taxon is now treated as a junior synonym of ''Loxia haematina'' that had been described by Louis Pierre Vieillot in 1807, the western bluebill. The genus name combines the Ancient Greek Ancient Greek (, ; ) includes the forms of the Greek language used in ancient Greece and the classical antiquity, ancient world from around 1500 BC to 300 BC. It is often roughly divided into the following periods: Mycenaean Greek (), Greek ... σπερμα/''sperma'', σπερματος/''spermatos'' meaning "seed" with -φαγος/''-phagos'' meaning "-eating ...
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