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Red-billed Firefinch

Lagonosticta senegala (Linnaeus, 1766) — also called RBFI, Senegal Firefinch. Occurrence records of the Red-billed Firefinch are shared on GBIF from around 37 parks and reserves in the directory, most of all Greater Mapungubwe Transfrontier Conservation Area (816 records), in 8 provinces.

IUCN: Least concernEstrildidae
37reserves with records
2 263records around them
8provinces
LCIUCN category
Red-billed Firefinch (Lagonosticta senegala)
Photo: Tom Tarrant · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Where it is recorded

ReserveProvinceRecords
Greater Mapungubwe Transfrontier Conservation AreaTransfrontier areaLP Limpopo816
Waterberg BiosphereBiosphere reserveLP Limpopo201
Skyline Nature ReserveNature reserveKZN KwaZulu-Natal188
Mapungubwe National ParkNational parkLP Limpopo160
T.C. Robertson Nature ReserveNature reserveKZN KwaZulu-Natal109
Sondela Nature ReserveNature reserveLP Limpopo93
OPM Prozesky Bird SanctuaryWildlife sanctuaryNW North West89
Mokala National ParkNational parkNC Northern Cape79
Leon Taljaard Nature ReserveProtected areaNW North West64
Vredefort Dome core areaProtected areaNW North West63
Thaba MoririNature reserveLP Limpopo42
MakulekeProtected areaLP Limpopo36
Pipeline Coastal ParkNature reserveKZN KwaZulu-Natal35
D'nyala Nature ReserveNature reserveLP Limpopo34
Olien Van Rooyen WildlifePrivate game reserveLP Limpopo34
Manyoni Private Game ReserveGame reserveKZN KwaZulu-Natal30
Kuschke Nature ReserveNature reserveLP Limpopo30
Roosfontein Nature ReserveProtected areaKZN KwaZulu-Natal19
Hanover PrivaatnatuurreserweNature reserveLP Limpopo15
Matshakatini Nature ReserveNature reserveLP Limpopo14
Kapama Game ReserveProtected areaLP Limpopo14
River Valley Nature ReserveGame reserveKZN KwaZulu-Natal13
Zimanga Private Game ReserveGame reserveKZN KwaZulu-Natal12
Nwanedi Provincial ParkNature reserveLP Limpopo12
Ditsong Tswaing Crater MuseumNature reserveGP Gauteng8
Samara Karoo ReserveNature reserveEC Eastern Cape8
Willem Pretorius Game ReserveProtected areaFS Free State6
Somkhanda Game ReserveGame reserveKZN KwaZulu-Natal6
Lanner GorgeProtected areaLP Limpopo6
Ann van Dyk Cheetah CentreWildlife sanctuaryNW North West6
Impala Ranch Nature ReserveNature reserveNW North West5
Thohoyandou National Botanical GardenBotanical gardenLP Limpopo5
Ubizane Wildlife ReserveNature reserveKZN KwaZulu-Natal3
El Dorado PrivaatnatuurreserweNature reserveLP Limpopo2
Cythna Letty Flora ReserveNature reserveMP Mpumalanga2
Leeupoort Nature ReserveNature reserveLP Limpopo2
0264 B Block Nature ReserveNature reserveNW North West2

By province

Limpopo
17 reserves
KwaZulu-Natal
9 reserves
North West
6 reserves
Gauteng
1 reserve
Free State
1 reserve
Northern Cape
1 reserve
Mpumalanga
1 reserve
Eastern Cape
1 reserve

Taxonomy

Class
Aves
Scientific name
Lagonosticta senegala
GBIF taxon
2493680
Wikidata
Q560326

More of the Estrildidae family

Common WaxbillBlue WaxbillBronze MannikinSwee WaxbillAfrican FirefinchGreen-winged PytiliaJameson's FirefinchRed-headed FinchViolet-eared WaxbillBlack-and-white MannikinCut-throat FinchBlack-faced Quail-FinchBlack-faced WaxbillPink-throated TwinspotGreen TwinspotGrey WaxbillOrange-breasted Waxbill

Source: GBIF.org occurrence records within the radius of each reserve's point; taxonomy and IUCN category from the GBIF backbone; photo from Wikimedia Commons, credit on the picture. Records near a reserve do not prove the species lives inside it.