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RockyTiny · 11 gID tip
It is 10–11 centimetres long. The male is mostly bright pinkish-red, darker on the upperparts. The crown and nape are grey and the vent is dark. The thick, conical bill is grey and the legs and feet are also grey. Females are similar to males but are slightly duller, paler and browner. Juveniles are brown above and buff below with a pinkish-red rump. The birds have dry, trilling calls. Jameson's firefinch is similar but lacks the grey crown and nape and does not overlap in range. The rock firefinch (L.
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When to see the Chad Firefinch
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 8 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is March, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Chad Firefinch
The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Chad Firefinch
The Chad firefinch or Reichenow's firefinch is a small passerine bird belonging to the firefinch genus Lagonosticta in the estrildid finch family Estrildidae. It is restricted to a small area of Central Africa. It was formerly classified as a subspecies of Jameson's firefinch but is now often treated as a separate species. Its alternative name commemorates Anton Reichenow, the German ornithologist who described this species.
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Easily confused with
Black-faced FirefinchLagonosticta larvataThe black-faced firefinch is a common species of estrildid finch found in Africa.
Rock FirefinchLagonosticta sanguinodorsalisRock firefinches are sexually dimorphic, where adult males have more brightly colored plumage than adult females.
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