African Firefinch
Lagonosticta rubricata
Taxonomy
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Estrildidae
- Genus
- Lagonosticta
- eBird Code
- afffin
Vocalizations
Subspecies (5)
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Lagonosticta rubricata congica
Cameroon southward to northern Angola, eastward to South Sudan, northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, and western Uganda
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Lagonosticta rubricata haematocephala
eastern South Sudan, Eritrea and Ethiopia southward through Uganda and Kenya to Zambia, eastern Zimbabwe, Malawi, and central Mozambique
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Lagonosticta rubricata landanae
Cabinda and lower Congo River to northwestern Angola and southern Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Lagonosticta rubricata polionota
Guinea to Nigeria
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Lagonosticta rubricata rubricata
South Africa, Eswatini, and Mozambique south of Save River
Data Sources
Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.
Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.