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Red-billed Firefinch
Lagonosticta senegala
9.69823, 41.8524
Field Notes
Description:
Small passerine, estrildid (fam Estrildidae) finch, approx 10 cm in length. Pictured here is breeding male, bright red with white spots on chests, and brown wing coverts. Brown vent and red rump and the base of the tail are diagnostic, differentiating it from other firefinches. Both sexes have red bill and yellow eye-ring. Female and juvenile (not pictured here) are both mainly sandy-brown, juvenile with brown bill.
Habitat:
Fairly common bird in semi-arid woodland ini most of Sahel and eastern sub-Saharan Africa. Here, observed in such environment at the outskirts of settlements, in northern part of Somali Region of Ethiopia.
Reference Links:
Red-billed firefinch - Wikipedia
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PublishedFebruary 26, 2018
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