Species profile
Mali Firefinch
Lagonosticta virata
Quick answer
SE Senegal and s Mali (upper Niger River to Guinea border)
- Scientific name
- Lagonosticta virata
- Family
- Estrildidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Genus
- Lagonosticta
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
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Related species in Estrildidae
- Abyssinian Crimsonwing (Cryptospiza salvadorii)
- Abyssinian Waxbill (Estrilda ochrogaster)
- Aegintha ruficauda (Aegintha ruficauda)
- Aegintha temporalis (Aegintha temporalis)
- African Firefinch (Lagonosticta rubricata)
- African Quailfinch (Ortygospiza fuscocrissa)
- African Silverbill (Euodice cantans)
- Aidemosyne cantans (Aidemosyne cantans)