Bar-breasted Firefinch
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Order: Passeriformes
Family: Estrildidae

[Photo] Bar-breasted Firefinch (Lagonosticta rufopicta), Ghana. Source: Flickr (www.flickr.com/photos/chris_wilson/152298786/). Date: Taken on May 14, 2006. Author: Chris Wilson (www.flickr.com/photos/chris_wilson/).

The Bar-breasted Firefinch (Lagonosticta rufopicta) is a common species of estrildid finch found in central Africa. It has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 2,900,000 km².

It is found in Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, The Democratic Republic of the Congo, C??te d'Ivoire, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo and Uganda. The status of the species is evaluated as Least Concern.

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