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red-billed firefinch

  1. Male Red-billed Firefinch

    Male Red-billed Firefinch

  2. Male red-billed firefinch

    Male red-billed firefinch

  3. Male Red-billed Firefinch

    Male Red-billed Firefinch

  4. Red-billed Firefinch

    Red-billed Firefinch

    This is a male which was skulking at the weedy edge of the grounds. Females are mostly brown with a pink patch between the eye and bill. Firefinches are members of the Estrellid or Waxbill family Estrildidae. This is the paler southern race "L. s. rendalli" with reduced red on its body.
  5. Red-billed Firefinch

    Red-billed Firefinch

  6. Red-billed Firefinch ETH SER

    Red-billed Firefinch ETH SER

  7. A male homebuilder

    A male homebuilder

    This male Red-billed Firefinch was oblivious to us as it collected nesting material. Moments later we spotted it's nest on the ground containing tiny white eggs, a matter of inches away from where we were standing.
  8. Red-billed Firefinch

    Red-billed Firefinch

    A fledgeling, judging by it's gape, that was with the male amid some shrubs by the road bridge at Koto stream.
  9. Red-billed Firefinch

    Red-billed Firefinch

    A male bird seen in some shrubs by Koto Bridge.
  10. Red-billed Firefinch (Male)

    Red-billed Firefinch (Male)

  11. Red-billed Firefinch

    Red-billed Firefinch

  12. RED-BILLED FIREFINCH

    RED-BILLED FIREFINCH

  13. Red-billed Firefinch

    Red-billed Firefinch

    A tiny Estrildid which is common in villages, around cultivations & in hotel grounds.
  14. Fiery feather thief steels the show.

    Fiery feather thief steels the show.

    A cracking wee bird which is common around human habitation in The Gambia. The appearance of this bird around the hotel breakfast table never failed to draw interest from other non-birding guests.
  15. Red-billed Firefinch

    Red-billed Firefinch

    A pair are pictured drinking from a makeshift "waterhole". This is a tiny red Estrildid finch which is widely found in The Gambia & Senegal where it rarely strays too far from a freshwater source.
  16. Red-billed Firefinch

    Red-billed Firefinch

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