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Brown firefinch
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Estrildidae
Genus: Lagonosticta
Species: L. nitidula
Binomial name
Lagonosticta nitidula
Hartlaub, 1886

The brown firefinch (Lagonosticta nitidula) is a common species of estrildid finch found in Southern Africa. It has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 1,300,000 km.

It is found in Angola, The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia, southern Tanzania and northern areas of Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe. The IUCN has classified the species as being of least concern.

References

  1. BirdLife International (2016). "Lagonosticta nitidula". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22719434A94627688. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22719434A94627688.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.

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Taxon identifiers
Lagonosticta nitidula


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