| Red-billed firefinch | |
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| Male and female of the nominate subspecies, both in The Gambia | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Estrildidae |
| Genus: | Lagonosticta |
| Species: | L. senegala
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| Binomial name | |
| Lagonosticta senegala (Linnaeus, 1766)
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| Synonyms | |
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Fringilla senegala Linnaeus, 1766 | |
The red-billed firefinch or Senegal firefinch (Lagonosticta senegala) is a small seed-eating bird in the family Estrildidae. This is a resident breeding bird in most of Sub-Saharan Africa with an estimated global extent of occurrence of 10,000,000 km2. It was introduced to Egypt, but the population there has become extinct. It was also introduced to southern Algeria where it is currently expanding northward. [2]
- ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Lagonosticta senegala". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22719440A132129091. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22719440A132129091.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ MaghrebOrnitho. 2017. Expansion of Red-billed Firefinch in Algeria. Consulted: 26 January 2019.