Kingdom Animalia Order Passeriformes Genus Lagonosticta Higher classification Firefinch | Phylum Chordata Family Estrildidae Scientific name Lagonosticta larvata Rank Species | |
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Similar Firefinch, Bar‑breasted firefinch, Black‑bellied firefinch, Bird, Mali firefinch | ||
The black-faced firefinch (Lagonosticta larvata) is a common species of estrildid finch found in Africa. It has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 2,100,000 km².
It is found in Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Togo and Uganda. The status of the species is evaluated as Least Concern.
Lagonosticta vinacea was a separate species, but findings by Dowsett and Forbes-Watson in 1993 led to reassigning of the L. vinacea species as a population under L. larvata.
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