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Lagonosticta rubricata
Photo by rudydbn

Description

This is a small, wary but brightly coloured ground-feeding bird. It is also known as the Blue-billed Firefinch because of its bill colour. Habitat: Thickets in thornveld, riverine scrub, forest edges and suburbia.

Identification

Photographed at Natal midlands, RSA

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