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Passeriformes / Estrildidae / Lagonosticta

Bar-breasted Firefinch

Lagonosticta rufopicta

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (babfir1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Taxonomy

Order: Passeriformes
Family: Estrildidae
Genus: Lagonosticta

Subspecies (2)

Lagonosticta rufopicta lateritia

South Sudan, western Ethiopia, northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, and western Kenya
Lagonosticta rufopicta rufopicta

Senegal to Nigeria, northern Cameroon, and Ubangi-Chari

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (babfir1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.