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 text

The firefinches ("Lagonosticta") are a genus of bird in the Estrildidae 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"