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Passeriformes / Estrildidae / Lagonosticta

Black-bellied Firefinch

Lagonosticta rara

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (blbfir1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Taxonomy

Order: Passeriformes
Family: Estrildidae
Genus: Lagonosticta

Subspecies (2)

Lagonosticta rara forbesi

Senegal to Nigeria
Lagonosticta rara rara

Cameroon to South Sudan, northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, northern Uganda, and western Kenya

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (blbfir1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.