Firefinch

Firefinches
Red-billed firefinch (Lagonosticta senegala)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Estrildidae or Passeridae
Subfamily: Estrildinae
Genus: Lagonosticta
Cabanis, 1851
Species

about 11, see text

The firefinches (Lagonosticta) are a genus of bird in the Estrildidae family. There are about eleven species:


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