Firefinch
| Firefinches | |
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| Red-billed firefinch (Lagonosticta senegala) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Estrildidae or Passeridae |
| Subfamily: | Estrildinae |
| Genus: | Lagonosticta Cabanis, 1851 |
| Species | |
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about 11, see text | |
The firefinches (Lagonosticta) are a genus of bird in the Estrildidae family. There are about eleven species:
- Bar-breasted firefinch, Lagonosticta rufopicta
- Brown firefinch, Lagonosticta nitidula
- Red-billed firefinch, Lagonosticta senegala
- Black-bellied firefinch, Lagonosticta rara
- African firefinch, Lagonosticta rubricata
- Landana firefinch, Lagonosticta landanae
- Jameson's firefinch, Lagonosticta rhodopareia
- Mali firefinch, Lagonosticta virata
- Rock firefinch, Lagonosticta sanguinodorsalis
- Black-faced firefinch, Lagonosticta larvata
- Chad firefinch, Lagonosticta umbrinodorsalis