- Firefinch
Taxobox
name = Firefinches
image_width = 240px
image_caption =Red-billed Firefinch ("Lagonosticta senegala")
regnum =Animalia
phylum =Chordata
classis =Aves
ordo =Passeriformes
familia =Estrildidae
genus = "Lagonosticta"
genus_authority = Cabanis, 1851
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = about 11, see textThe firefinches ("Lagonosticta") are a
genus ofbird in theEstrildidae family. There are about 11 species:*
Bar-breasted Firefinch , "Lagonosticta rufopicta"
*Brown Firefinch , "Lagonosticta nitidula"
*Red-billed Firefinch , "Lagonosticta senegala"
*Black-bellied Firefinch , "Lagonosticta rara"
*African Firefinch , "Lagonosticta rubricata"
*Pale-billed Firefinch , "Lagonosticta landanae"
*Jameson's Firefinch , "Lagonosticta rhodopareia"
*Mali Firefinch , "Lagonosticta virata"
*Rock Firefinch , "Lagonosticta sanguinodorsalis"
*Black-throated Firefinch , "Lagonosticta larvata"
** Black-faced or Vinaceous Firefinch, "Lagonosticta (larvata) vinacea"
*Reichenow's Firefinch , "Lagonosticta umbrinodorsalis"
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