Jameson's firefinch
Species of bird
Jameson's firefinch | |
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A female in Kruger National Park, South Africa | |
Conservation status | |
![]() Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1] | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Estrildidae |
Genus: | Lagonosticta |
Species: | L. rhodopareia |
Binomial name | |
Lagonosticta rhodopareia (Heuglin, 1868) |
Jameson's firefinch (Lagonosticta rhodopareia) is a common species of estrildid finch found in Sub-Saharan Africa. It has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 2,600,000 km2.
It is found in Angola, Botswana, Chad, The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, South Sudan, Eswatini, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe. The IUCN has classified the species as being of least concern. It is named after James Sligo Jameson.[2]
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References
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Lagonosticta rhodopareia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T103812687A94629339. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T103812687A94629339.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2020). The Eponym Dictionary of Birds. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 283.
External links
- BirdLife International species factsheet
- Species text in The Atlas of Southern African Birds
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