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Passeriformes / Estrildidae / Lagonosticta

Black-faced Firefinch

Lagonosticta larvata

IUCN: Not Evaluated

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (bkffir1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Taxonomy

Order: Passeriformes
Family: Estrildidae
Genus: Lagonosticta

Subspecies (3)

Lagonosticta larvata larvata

southeastern Sudan, eastern South Sudan, and western Ethiopia
Lagonosticta larvata nigricollis

central and southern Mali eastward to southwestern Sudan, western and southern South Sudan, northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, and northern Uganda
Lagonosticta larvata vinacea

Senegal to Guinea and western Mali

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (bkffir1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.