Mali Firefinch

When to see the Mali Firefinch

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 5 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is February, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Mali Firefinch

The map shades 2 countries with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Recorded as a rare visitor in Guinea.

About the Mali Firefinch

The Mali firefinch is a species of estrildid finch found in Western Africa. It has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 120,000 km2. It is found in Mali and Senegal. The IUCN has classified the species as being of least concern. It is also the mascot of Mali.

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Easily confused with

Chad FirefinchLagonosticta umbrinodorsalisIt is 10–11 centimetres long. 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.