Bar-breasted Firefinch

Lagonosticta rufopicta - Amarante pointé

Systematics

Order
:
Passeriformes
Family
:
Estrildidés
Genus
:
Lagonosticta
Species
:
rufopicta

Descriptor

Fraser, 1843

Biometrics

Size
: 10 cm
Wingspan
: -
Weight
: -

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Bar-breasted Firefinch (Lagonosticta rufopicta) is a species of bird in the Estrildidae family.

Subspecific information 2 subspecies

Lagonosticta rufopicta rufopicta (Senegal and Gambia to Chad and Central African Republic)
Lagonosticta rufopicta lateritia (s Sudan, ne DRCongo, s Ethiopia, Uganda and w Kenya)

Foreign names

Amarante pointé,
Amaranta barrada,
peito-de-fogo-pintalgado,
Pünktchenamarant,
pettyes amarant,
Stippelamarant,
Amaranto pettobarrato,
rosenamarant,
Rosenamarant,
amarant bodkovaný,
amarant tečkovaný,
Punktamarant,
savanniruusupeippo,
amaranta del Sahel,
amarantka cętkowana,
Крапчатый амарант,
シロシマコウギョクチョウ,
斑胸火雀,
rosenamarant,
斑胸火雀,

Voice song and cries

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Habitat

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland ; Savanna : Dry ; Shrubland : Subarctic, Subtropical/Tropical Moist ; Grassland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Arable Land, Rural Gardens