Firefinch

Firefinches
Red-billed Firefinch (Lagonosticta senegala)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Estrildidae
Genus: Lagonosticta
Cabanis, 1851
Species

about 11, see text

The firefinches (Lagonosticta) are a genus of bird in the Estrildidae family. There are about 11 species: