Jameson's firefinch
Jameson's firefinch (Lagonosticta rhodopareia) is a common species of estrildid finch found in Sub-Saharan Africa. It has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 2,600,000 km2.
| Jameson's firefinch | |
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| A female in Kruger National Park, South Africa | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Estrildidae |
| Genus: | Lagonosticta |
| Species: | L. rhodopareia |
| Binomial name | |
| Lagonosticta rhodopareia (Heuglin, 1868) | |
It is found in Angola, Botswana, Chad, The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, South Sudan, Eswatini, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe. The IUCN has classified the species as being of least concern.
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Male
References
- BirdLife International (2016). "Lagonosticta rhodopareia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T103812687A94629339. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T103812687A94629339.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
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