Brown Firefinch
Lagonosticta nitidulaHartlaub, KJG, 1886
English (US) Brown Firefinch
The Brown Firefinch (Lagonosticta nitidula) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Estrildidae (Munias, Parrotfinches, Waxbills, and Allies) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: Angola to Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia, southern Tanzania, northern Namibia, and northern ZimbabweRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Lagonosticta nitidula
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Brown Firefinch
- Described by
- Hartlaub, KJG, 1886
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Hartlaub, KJG, 1886
- Type locality
- near Lake Tanganyika [= Mpala, see Chapin, 1954. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist, 75B, p. 531.]
- Original description
- Bulletin du Musée Royal d'Histoire Naturelle de Belgique 4 p.145 pl.4 fig.2
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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