Firefinch
| Firefinches | |
|---|---|
| Red-billed firefinch (Lagonosticta senegala) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Estrildidae |
| Subfamily: | Estrildidae |
| Genus: | Lagonosticta Cabanis, 1851 |
| Type species | |
| Fringilla rubricata M.H.C. Lichtenstein, 1823
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| Species | |
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11, see text | |
The firefinches form a genus, Lagonosticta, of small seed-eating African birds in the family Estrildidae.