Passeriformes / Estrildidae / Lagonosticta

African Firefinch

Lagonosticta rubricata

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

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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
Lagonosticta rubricata haematocephala

eastern South Sudan, Eritrea and Ethiopia southward through Uganda and Kenya to Zambia, eastern Zimbabwe, Malawi, and central Mozambique
Lagonosticta rubricata landanae

Cabinda and lower Congo River to northwestern Angola and southern Democratic Republic of the Congo
Lagonosticta rubricata polionota

Guinea to Nigeria
Lagonosticta rubricata rubricata

South Africa, Eswatini, and Mozambique south of Save River

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.