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Black-faced Firefinch
Lagonosticta larvata (Rüppell, 1840)
Estrildidae — Waxbills, Munias & Allies
Black-faced Firefinch, Lagonosticta larvata, is a bird of Africa, with its breeding range stretching from Sudan and Ethiopia into west and central Africa. It belongs to the estrildid finches, within the waxbills, munias and allies. The species was described by Rüppell in 1840. Lagonosticta vinacea was once treated as separate, but work by Dowsett and Forbes-Watson in 1993 placed it within L. larvata as a population.
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Estrildidae — Waxbills, Munias & Allies
- Breeding range
- Africa: Sudan and Ethiopia to w, c Africa
