Firefinch, Red-billed 


Red-billed Firefinch - Lagonosticta senegala senegala
The Gambia - November 2018

There are six subspecies of the Red-billed Firefinch, the one found in The Gambia is the nominate form.  The range of this subspecies encompasses West Africa, south of the Sahara to Nigeria.  Its synonyms include Fringilla senegala.  This framegrab is from video recorded in The Gambia during November 2018 - video link.







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