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;Lagonosticta rubricata | ;Lagonosticta rubricata | ||
| − | [[Image:African_Firefinch.jpg|thumb| | + | [[Image:African_Firefinch.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by rudydbn<br />KwaZulu-Natal midlands, South Africa]] |
| − | == | + | ==Identification== |
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. | 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 | + | ==Distribution== |
| − | == | + | Africa south of the Sahara |
| − | + | ==Taxonomy== | |
| + | Subspecies (Fry and Kieth, 2004): | ||
| + | L. r. rubricata: South Africa, Swaziland and Mozambique south of the Save River. | ||
| + | L. r. landanae: Cabina, lower Congo, western Angola. | ||
| + | L. r. haematocephala: East Africa; Ethiopia to Uganda and south to Zimbabwe and Mozambique north of the Save River. | ||
| + | L. r. congica: Cameroon to southern Sudan, western Uganda and Zaire. | ||
| + | L. r. polionata: Guinea to Nigeria. | ||
| + | ==Habitat== | ||
| + | Bush and tall grass. Thickets in thornveld, riverine scrub, forest edges and suburbia. In more moist habitats than most firefinches. | ||
| + | ==Behaviour== | ||
| + | Feeds on small seeds and small insects on the ground. | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
{{GSearch|Lagonosticta+rubricata}} | {{GSearch|Lagonosticta+rubricata}} | ||
[[Category:Birds]] | [[Category:Birds]] | ||
Revision as of 12:01, 15 June 2007
- Lagonosticta rubricata
Identification
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.
Distribution
Africa south of the Sahara
Taxonomy
Subspecies (Fry and Kieth, 2004): L. r. rubricata: South Africa, Swaziland and Mozambique south of the Save River. L. r. landanae: Cabina, lower Congo, western Angola. L. r. haematocephala: East Africa; Ethiopia to Uganda and south to Zimbabwe and Mozambique north of the Save River. L. r. congica: Cameroon to southern Sudan, western Uganda and Zaire. L. r. polionata: Guinea to Nigeria.
Habitat
Bush and tall grass. Thickets in thornveld, riverine scrub, forest edges and suburbia. In more moist habitats than most firefinches.
Behaviour
Feeds on small seeds and small insects on the ground.
