Chad Firefinch
Lagonosticta umbrinodorsalis
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Birds
The Chad firefinch or Reichenow's firefinch is a small passerine bird belonging to the firefinch genus Lagonosticta in the estrildid finch family Estrildidae. It is restricted to a small area of Central Africa. It was formerly classified as a subspecies of Jameson's firefinch but is now often treated as a separate species. Its alternative name commemorates Anton Reichenow, the German ornithologist who described this species.
Classification
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Estrildidae
- Genus
- Lagonosticta