Red-billed Firefinch
Lagonosticta senegala
- Class
- Bird
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 3,688
- Most observed in
- 🇿🇦 South Africa
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The red-billed firefinch or Senegal firefinch (Lagonosticta senegala) is a small seed-eating bird in the family Estrildidae. This is a resident breeding bird in most of Sub-Saharan Africa with an estimated global extent of occurrence of 10,000,000 km2. It was introduced to Egypt, but the population there has become extinct. It was also introduced to southern Algeria where it is currently expanding northward.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Red-billed firefinch”.