firefinch

English

Red-billed Firefinch, Lagonosticta senegala

Wikispecies

Etymology

fire + finch, from the colour of its plumage.

Noun

firefinch (plural firefinches)

  1. Any of several species of finch in the genus Lagonosticta, found across sub-Saharan Africa.
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