Listen to the Red-billed firefinch
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About the Red-billed firefinch
The Red-billed firefinch is a bird in the family Estrildidae (order Passeriformes). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “least concern”. Adults weigh around 8 g.
What does the Red-billed firefinch sound like?
Bird vocalisations are usually divided into songs – longer, often complex phrases used to defend territory and attract mates, sung mostly by males in the breeding season – and calls: short, simple sounds for contact, alarm, begging or flight.
The recordings here are labelled as song. Listen for differences in rhythm, pitch and repetition – the spectrum display makes it easy to see whether a sound is a pure whistle (a thin line), a harsh call (a broad band) or a trill (rapid repeated marks).
From Wikipedia
The red-billed firefinch or Senegal firefinch (Lagonosticta senegala) is a small seed-eating bird in the family Estrildidae. This is a resident breeding bird in most of Sub-Saharan Africa with an estimated global extent of occurrence of 10,000,000 km2. It was introduced to Egypt, but the population there has become extinct. It was also introduced to southern Algeria where it is currently expanding northward.
More from the family Estrildidae
Frequently asked questions
What does a Red-billed firefinch sound like?
You can hear 1 recording of the Red-billed firefinch on this page, including its song. Bird vocalisations are usually divided into songs – longer, often complex phrases used to defend territory and attract mates, sung mostly by males in the breeding season – and calls: short, simple sounds for contact, alarm, begging or flight.
Is the Red-billed firefinch endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the Red-billed firefinch as “least concern”.
What family does the Red-billed firefinch belong to?
The Red-billed firefinch (Lagonosticta senegala) belongs to the family Estrildidae in the order Passeriformes.
Sources & credits
- Song · Nairobi, Nairobi County, Kenya by Anne Ndung'u – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q560326 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Red-billed firefinch – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by Tom Tarrant – CC BY-SA 3.0