Lagonosticta [rufopicta or nitidula] (Bar-breasted or Brown Firefinch)

Bar-breasted or Brown Firefinch

Lagonosticta [rufopicta or nitidula] (= Lagonosticta rufopicta) (Fraser, L 1843)

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Classification

Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Estrildidae
Genus:
   Lagonosticta
Scientific:
  Lagonosticta rufopicta

Original description

Citation:
(Fraser, L 1843)

Reference:
Proc. Zool. Soc. London pt.11, no.121 p.27

Imprint year:
1843

Protonym:
Estrilda rufopicta

Type locality:
Cape Coast Castle, Gold Coast.

Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/96442#page/395/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
6CA51CCA62E44F06

Avibase ID:
avibase-6CA51CCA

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/6CA51CCA

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 560650

Geographic range:

Lagonosticta rufopicta: lowland acacia savanna, grassland, and marshes, from Senegambia eastward through northern Cameroon and Central African Republic to western Ethiopia, southward through South Sudan to northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, and western Kenya
Lagonosticta rufopicta rufopicta: Senegal to Nigeria, northern Cameroon, and Ubangi-Chari
Lagonosticta rufopicta lateritia: South Sudan, western Ethiopia, northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, and western Kenya
Lagonosticta nitidula: Angola to Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia, southern Tanzania, northern Namibia, and northern Zimbabwe

Source: Clements checklist

English:
Bar-breasted or Brown Firefinch
French:
Amarante pointé ou A. nitidule

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Bar-breasted or Brown Firefinch ( Lagonosticta [rufopicta or nitidula])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Bar-breasted or Brown Firefinch ( Lagonosticta [rufopicta or nitidula])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Bar-breasted or Brown Firefinch ( Lagonosticta [rufopicta or nitidula])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025): Bar-breasted or Brown Firefinch ( Lagonosticta [rufopicta or nitidula])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Bar-breasted or Brown Firefinch ( Lagonosticta [rufopicta or nitidula])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Bar-breasted or Brown Firefinch ( Lagonosticta [rufopicta or nitidula])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Bar-breasted or Brown Firefinch ( Lagonosticta [rufopicta or nitidula])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Bar-breasted or Brown Firefinch ( Lagonosticta [rufopicta or nitidula])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Bar-breasted or Brown Firefinch ( Lagonosticta [rufopicta or nitidula])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Bar-breasted or Brown Firefinch ( Lagonosticta [rufopicta or nitidula])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Bar-breasted or Brown Firefinch ( Lagonosticta [rufopicta or nitidula])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Bar-breasted or Brown Firefinch ( Lagonosticta [rufopicta or nitidula])
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0: Brown Firefinch ( Lagonosticta rufopicta) [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: species group (sometimes a species)

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Afrikaans: Bruinvuurvinkie
Czech: Amarant teckovaný
Danish: Punktamarant
German: Pünktchenamarant
English: Bar-breasted Fire Finch, Bar-breasted Firefinch, Bar-breasted or Brown Firefinch, Brown Firefinch
Esperanto: Rufpentrita lagonostikto
Spanish: Pinzón Candela de Pecho Listado
Estonian: jõgi-leekamadiin
Finnish: Savanniruusupeippo
French: Amarante pointé, Amarante pointé ou A. nitidule
Hungarian: pettyes amarant
Italian: Amaranto pettobarrato
Japanese (romaji): shiroshimakougyokuchou
Japanese: シラフコウギョクチョウ, シロシマコウギョクチョウ
Scientific: Estrilda rufopicta, Lagonosticta [rufopicta or nitidula], Lagonosticta rufopicta, Lagonosticta rufopicta rufopicta
Lithuanian: Kanapėtasis amarantas
Dutch: Stippelamarant
Norwegian: Rosenamarant
Polish: amarantka cetkowana, amarantka cętkowana
Portuguese: Amarante-de-peito-pintalgado
Russian: Крапчатый амарант
Slovak: amarant bodkovaný
Swedish: rosenamarant
Ukrainian: Амарант савановий
Chinese: 斑胸火雀
Chinese (Traditional): 斑胸火雀