The Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu is a small African bird notable for blue plumage and a red cheek patch. It searches for seeds on the ground and also uses open scrub and places near people.
The adult male has blue plumage and a red cheek patch; the female lacks the red patch and is duller overall.
It searches for seeds on the ground and uses thorn scrub savanna, open grassland, village gardens, and the edges of cultivated land.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.