Bar-breasted firefinch
| Bar-breasted firefinch | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Estrildidae |
| Genus: | Lagonosticta |
| Species: | L. rufopicta |
| Binomial name | |
| Lagonosticta rufopicta (Fraser, 1843) | |
The bar-breasted firefinch (Lagonosticta rufopicta) is a common species of estrildid finch found in central Africa. It has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 2,900,000 km².
It is found in Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo and Uganda. The status of the species is evaluated as Least Concern.
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Lagonosticta rufopicta". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
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