Red-billed Firefinch vs Zebra Finch

Red-billed Firefinch

Lagonosticta senegala

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The red-billed firefinch is 10 cm (3.9 in) in length. The adult male has entirely scarlet plumage apart from brown wings. The bill is pink, and there is a yellow eye-ring. Females have uniformly brown upperparts and buff underparts. There is a small red patch in front of both eyes, with the bill also being pink.

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Recording: Anne Ndung'u · CC BY-SA 4.0

Photo: Derek Keats · CC BY 2.0

Zebra Finch

Taeniopygia guttata

Tiny12 gGrassland

Voice: Only male zebra finches sing. Each finch has an individual song. Between the ages of 25 and 90 days old, young zebra finches learn to sing by copying the songs of adults, and sometimes by copying the songs of other juveniles.

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Photo: christoph_moning · CC BY 4.0

Photos and recordings are credited to their authors under the licence shown. Full profiles: Red-billed Firefinch and Zebra Finch.