African Firefinch
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Order: Passeriformes
Family: Estrildidae

[Photo] Cape Firefinch (Kaapse Vuurvink); A Cape Firefinch male (Lagonosticta rubricata) seen in Nelspruit. Nelspruit (Bushveld / Lowveld), Mpumalanga, South Africa, October 2007. Soruce: Flickr (www.flickr.com/photos/martin_heigan/1777123919/). Author: Martin Heigan (www.flickr.com/photos/martin_heigan/1777123919/).

The African Firefinch (Lagonosticta rubricata) is a common species of estrildid finch found in almost all parts of Africa. It has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 5,400,000 km².

It is found in Angola, Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, the Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, C??te d'Ivoire, Ethiopia, Gabon, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe. The status of the species is evaluated as Least Concern.

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