Red-billed firefinch / Senegalamarant (Lagonosticta senegala)

Wikipedia: Red-billed firefinch Source: WIKIPEDIA 1200px-Red-billed_firefinch_%28Lagonosticta_senegala_senegala%29_male.jpg

Observations

🔍 No documented observation

Description

Classification: Genus Lagonosticta (Lagonosticta); Family Estrildidae (Estrildidae)
General: The red-billed firefinch or Senegal firefinch (Lagonosticta senegala) is a small passerine bird. This estrildid finch is a resident breeding bird in most of Sub-Saharan Africa with an estimated global extent of occurrence of 10,000,000 km². The species was introduced to Egypt, however, the introduced population has become extinct. It was also introduced to southern Algeria where it is currently expanding northward. ^[2] [more]