Jameson's Firefinch - BirdForum Opus

Male
Photo © by nkgray
Punda Maria, Kruger National Park, South Africa, July 2011

Lagonosticta rhodopareia

Identification

10–11 cm (4-4¼ in)
Male

• Brown with pink tinge from forehead to back
• Red uppertail-coverts
• Black tail

Distribution

Sub-Saharan Africa: Ethiopia, Kenya, eastern Uganda, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, north-eastern South Africa, eSwatini, Zimbabwe, Zambia, northern and eastern Botswana, northern Namibia, western and southern Angola.

Female
Photo &copy by Alan Manson
Mlondozi, Kruger National Park, South Africa

Taxonomy

Subspecies

Lagonosticta rhodopareia has three subspecies:^[1]

• L. r. rhodopareia

• Ethiopia, Sudan and western Uganda to northern Kenya

• L. r. jamesoni

• Kenya to South Africa

• L. r. ansorgei

• Angola, lower DRC (Matadi) and northern Namibia

Habitat

Thickets and grassy scrub in savanna and dry woodland.

Behaviour

Diet

Their diet consists of small seeds, termites and other insects.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2018. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2018. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved March 2019)

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Jameson's Firefinch. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 21 December 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Jameson%27s_Firefinch

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