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Genus: Lagonosticta (10 species)


Black-faced Firefinch (Lagonosticta larvata) Range: AF: Sudan and Ethiopia to w, c Africa Poli, Cameroon
Photograph by Nigel Voaden © All Rights Reserved.


Brown Firefinch (Lagonosticta nitidula) Male Range: AF: c Angola, c DR Congo and sw Tanzania to ne Namibia, n Botswana and nw Zimbabwe Garneton, Zambia
Photograph by Nigel Voaden © All Rights Reserved.

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Black-bellied Firefinch (Lagonosticta rara) Range: AF: w, c, e


Jameson's Firefinch (Lagonosticta rhodopareia jamesoni) Male Range: AF: e, sc Pilanesberg National Park, South Africa.
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More of a lowland species than the Red-billed Firefinch. Note lack of yellow eye-ring.


African Firefinch (Lagonosticta rubricata) Range: AF: w, c, se, s Sakania, Democratic Republic of Congo
Photograph by Nigel Voaden © All Rights Reserved.

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Bar-breasted Firefinch (Lagonosticta rufopicta) Range: AF: w, c

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Rock Firefinch (Lagonosticta sanguinodorsalis) Range: AF: Nigeria, nw Cameroon.


Red-billed Firefinch (Lagonosticta senegala) Male Range: AF: w, ec, e, s Butterfly World, Florida,
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.


Red-billed Firefinch (Lagonosticta senegala) Female Range: AF: w, ec, e, s Pilanesberg National Park, South Africa
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Red-billed Firefinch (Lagonosticta senegala) Immature Range: AF: w, ec, e, s Pilanesberg National Park, Northwest Province, South Africa
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Chad Firefinch (Lagonosticta umbrinodorsalis) Male Range: AF: sw Chad and n Cameroon Poli, Cameroon
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Chad Firefinch (Lagonosticta umbrinodorsalis) Female Range: AF: sw Chad and n Cameroon Poli, Cameroon
Photograph by Nigel Voaden © All Rights Reserved.


Mali Firefinch (Lagonosticta virata) Immature Range: AF: e Senegal and s Mali Cheioune, Senegal
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