Red-billed Firefinch

Lagonosticta senegala

The Red-billed Firefinch or Senegal Firefinch is a small passerine bird. This estrildid finch is a resident breeding bird in most of sub-Saharan Africa with an estimated global extent of occurrence of 10,000,000 km². This species was introduced to Egypt, however, the introduced population has become extinct.
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Appearance

The Red-billed Firefinch is 10 cm in length. The adult male has entirely scarlet plumage apart from brown wings. The bill is pink, and there is a yellow eye-ring. Females have uniformly brown upperparts and buff underparts. There is a small red patch in front of both eyes, and the bill is pink.
Male Red-billed Firefinch at Tarangire, Tanzania A bird so red it needs to have both "red" and "fire" in its name. Africa,Lagonosticta senegala,Red-billed Firefinch,Tanzania,Tarangire,Tarangire National Park

Habitat

This widespread and abundant species is often found around human habitation, often with other species such as the Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu, and its soft "queet-queet" call is a familiar African sound. The song is a rising "chick-pea-pea-pea".

The Red-billed Firefinch is a small gregarious bird which feeds mainly on grain and other seeds. It frequents open grassland and cultivation. The nest is a large domed grass structure with a side entrance, built low in a bush, wall or thatch into which 3-6 white eggs are laid. The nest of this species is parasitised by the Village Indigobird.

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Status: Least concern
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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionChordata
ClassAves
OrderPasseriformes
FamilyEstrildidae
GenusLagonosticta
SpeciesL. senegala
Photographed in
Kenya
Namibia
Tanzania