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[[Image:Red_Billed_Firefinch.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by keith mitchell<br/> Location:Gambia]] | [[Image:Red_Billed_Firefinch.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by 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]]. Its song is a rising ''chick-pea-pea-pea''. | |
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
| − | Sub-Saharan [[Africa]] | + | Sub-Saharan [[Africa]] |
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==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
Grassland and cultivation. | Grassland and cultivation. | ||
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
| − | Its diet includes seeds and grain. 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. | + | Its diet includes seeds and grain. |
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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. | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
{{GSearch|Lagonosticta+senegala}} | {{GSearch|Lagonosticta+senegala}} | ||
| − | [[Category:Birds]] | + | [[Category:Birds]][[category:incomplete]] |
Revision as of 16:53, 15 November 2007
- 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. Its song is a rising chick-pea-pea-pea.
Distribution
Sub-Saharan Africa
Taxonomy
Habitat
Grassland and cultivation.
Behaviour
Its diet includes seeds and grain.
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.
