Red-billed Firefinch

What the Red-billed Firefinch sounds like

Recorded by Anne Ndung'u · Song · Nairobi, Nairobi County, Kenya · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via xeno-canto

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When to see the Red-billed Firefinch

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is November, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Red-billed Firefinch

The map shades 41 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 United States.

About the Red-billed Firefinch

The red-billed firefinch or Senegal firefinch is a small seed-eating bird in the family Estrildidae. This is a resident breeding bird in most of Sub-Saharan Africa with an estimated global extent of occurrence of 10,000,000 km2. It was introduced to Egypt, but the population there has become extinct. It was also introduced to southern Algeria where it is currently expanding northward.

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Easily confused with

African FirefinchLagonosticta rubricataThe African firefinch is a small red or red and brown species of estrildid finch. Jameson's FirefinchLagonosticta rhodopareiaJameson's firefinch is a common species of estrildid finch, sparsely spread across sub-Saharan Africa. Brown FirefinchLagonosticta nitidulaThe brown firefinch is a common species of estrildid finch found in Southern Africa.

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