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Lagonosticta senegala

Photo by keith mitchell
Location:Gambia

[edit] Identification

10cm. The adult male has scarlet plumage and brown wings. The bill is pink, and its eyering is yellow. It can be found with other species such as the Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu. Its song is a rising chick-pea-pea-pea.

Photo showing both sexes by volker sthamer
Location: Addis Ababa. Ethiopia, November, 2009

[edit] Distribution

Sub-Saharan Africa

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Habitat

Grassland and cultivation.

[edit] Behaviour

Its diet includes seeds and grain.

It builds a nest of grass, domed in shape, usually built in a bush. It lays 3-6 white eggs. The Village Indigobird is a parasite of the nests.

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