Jameson's firefinch (Lagonosticta rhodopareia) is a common species of estrildid finch found in Sub-Saharan Africa. It has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 2,600,000 km2.

Jameson's firefinch
A female in Kruger National Park, South Africa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Estrildidae
Genus: Lagonosticta
Species:
L. rhodopareia
Binomial name
Lagonosticta rhodopareia
(Heuglin, 1868)

It is found in Angola, Botswana, Chad, The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, South Sudan, Eswatini, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe. The IUCN has classified the species as being of least concern. It is named after James Sligo Jameson.[2]

Male

References

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  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Lagonosticta rhodopareia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T103812687A94629339. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T103812687A94629339.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2020). The Eponym Dictionary of Birds. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 283.
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