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[[Image:Red_Billed_Firefinch.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|keith+mitchell|keith mitchell}} <br/> Location:Gambia]] | [[Image:Red_Billed_Firefinch.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|keith+mitchell|keith mitchell}} <br/> Location:Gambia]] | ||
==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
| − | 10cm. The adult male has scarlet plumage and brown wings. The bill is pink, and its eyering is yellow. It can be found with other species such as the [[Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu]]. | + | 10cm. The adult male has scarlet plumage and brown wings. The bill is pink, and its eyering is yellow. It can be found with other species such as the [[Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu]]. |
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==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
Sub-Saharan [[Africa]] | Sub-Saharan [[Africa]] | ||
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Grassland and cultivation. | Grassland and cultivation. | ||
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
| − | + | Diet includes seeds and grain. | |
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| + | Its song is a rising ''chick-pea-pea-pea''. | ||
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It builds a nest of grass, domed in shape, usually built in a bush. It lays 3-6 white eggs. The [[Village Indigobird]] is a parasite of the nests. | It builds a nest of grass, domed in shape, usually built in a bush. It lays 3-6 white eggs. The [[Village Indigobird]] is a parasite of the nests. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 18:35, 3 July 2010
- Lagonosticta senegala
Identification
10cm. The adult male has scarlet plumage and brown wings. The bill is pink, and its eyering is yellow. It can be found with other species such as the Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu.
Distribution
Sub-Saharan Africa
Taxonomy
Lagonosticta senegala has six subspecies:[1]
- L. s. senegala
- Cape Verde Islands; Senegal and Mali to Nigeria
- L. s. rhodopsis
- L. s. ruberrima
- L. s. brunneiceps
- L. s. somaliensis
- L. s. rendalli
- Southern Angola to southern Tanzania, and central and eastern South Africa
Habitat
Grassland and cultivation.
Behaviour
Diet includes seeds and grain.
Vocalisation
Its song is a rising chick-pea-pea-pea.
Breeding
It builds a nest of grass, domed in shape, usually built in a bush. It lays 3-6 white eggs. The Village Indigobird is a parasite of the nests.
References
- Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Red-billed Firefinch. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 17 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Red-billed_Firefinch
