Firefinch
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Order: Passeriformes
Family: Estrildidae
Genus: Lagonosticta

[Photo] Red-billed Firefinch (Lagonosticta senegala) female in Dakar, Senegal. Date: 17 January 2007. Author: Thomas J. Haslam (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:ThomHasi).

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The firefinches (Lagonosticta) are a genus of bird in the Estrildidae family. There are about 11 species:

Bar-breasted Firefinch, Lagonosticta rufopicta
Brown Firefinch, Lagonosticta nitidula
Red-billed Firefinch, Lagonosticta senegala
Black-bellied Firefinch, Lagonosticta rara
African Firefinch, Lagonosticta rubricata
Pale-billed Firefinch, Lagonosticta landanae
Jameson's Firefinch, Lagonosticta rhodopareia
Mali Firefinch, Lagonosticta virata
Rock Firefinch, Lagonosticta sanguinodorsalis
Black-throated Firefinch, Lagonosticta larvata
- Black-faced or Vinaceous Firefinch, Lagonosticta larvata vinacea
Reichenow's Firefinch, Lagonosticta umbrinodorsalis

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