Bar-breasted firefinch

Bar-breasted firefinch
female
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Estrildidae
Genus: Lagonosticta
Species:
L. rufopicta
Binomial name
Lagonosticta rufopicta
(Fraser, 1843)[2]

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

Description

The bar-breasted firefinch with a red head and breast and white barring or speckling on the breast. The forehead, lores and supercilium are deep red fading on the ear coverts, chin, throat and neck sides to less intensely red colour. The crown and most of the upperparts are greyish brown and rather uniform contrasting with deep red lower rump and upper tail coverts. Tail is darker brown than back with variable amounts of red near the base. Flight feathers are dark. The underparts below the crimson breast are buffy grey. Juveniles are much duller with red being confined to the rump and upper tail coverts. 11 cm in length.[3]

Distribution

The bar-breasted firefinch is found from the Gambia and southern Senegal east to western Uganda and eastern Kenya.[4]

Habitat and habits

The bar-breasted firefinch is a common bird of grassland, bush, acacia savanna and forest clearings but will also occur near settlements and in farmland, especially in damp areas. It occurs in pairs and small family parties, but larger flocks will form outside the breeding season and it will join mixed species flocks. It feeds on the ground on small seeds, particularly grass seeds and millet.

Taxonomy

The bar-breasted firefinch forms a superspecies with the brown firefinch Lagnosticta nitidula, and they have been considered to be conspecific.[4] Two subspecies are currently recognized, they are:[2]

References

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Lagonosticta rufopicta". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22719428A94627365. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22719428A94627365.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Lagnosticta rufopicta Fraser 1843". Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) (https://www.itis.gov). Retrieved 2016-11-27.
  3. ^ Peter Clement; Alan Harris; John Davis (1993). Finches & Sparrows. Christopher Helm. p. 353. ISBN 0-7136-8017-2.
  4. ^ a b "Bar-breasted Firefinch (Lagonosticta rufopicta)". HBW Alive. Lynx Edicions. Retrieved 2016-11-13.

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