Jameson's Firefinch

It is found in Angola, Botswana, Chad, The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe. The status of the species is evaluated as Least Concern.

The Jameson's Firefinch is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.

Jameson's Firefinch is similar but lacks the grey crown and nape and does not overlap in range. The Rock Firefinch (L. sanguinodorsalis) is also similar but has grey only on the crown and its bill has a pale grey patch at the base of the lower mandible. The bird is endemic to the East Sudanian savanna ecoregion. It occurs in south-west Chad where it is fairly common and north-east Cameroon where it is rare. More

Jameson's Firefinch (Lagonosticta rhodopareia) is a common species of estrildid finch found in Southern Africa. It has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 2,600,000 km². It is found in Angola, Botswana, Chad, The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe. The status of the species is evaluated as Least Concern. More

| Jameson's Firefinch in English Use Babylon to translate to various languages Copyright © 1997-2007 Babylon. More

Distribution of Jameson's firefinch in southern Africa, based on statistical smoothing of the records from first SA Bird Atlas Project (© Animal Demography unit, University of Cape Town; smoothing by Birgit Erni and Francesca Little). Colours range from dark blue (most common) through to yellow (least common). See here for the latest distribution from the SABAP2. More

The Jameson's Firefinch is a Southern African bird that belongs to the Estrildidae bird family group which includes birds such as Waxbills, Firefinches, Twinspots. The description for the Jameson's Firefinch (Latin name Lagonosticta rhodopareia) can be found in the 7th Edition of the Roberts Birds of Southern Africa. The Lagonosticta rhodopareia can be quickly identified by its unique Roberts identification number of 841 and the detailed description of this bird is on page 1064. More

also a picture of the Jameson's Firefinch on page 1056. The Jameson's Firefinch belongs to the family of birds classified as Estrildidae. According to the Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology the Jameson's Firefinch is also known by these other names: Pink-backed Firefinch. More

alarm call of the Jameson's firefinch in Tanzania. I am a graduate student working in Tanzania on indigobirds, which are brood parasites of firefinches (purple indigobird parasitizes Jameson's firefinch). As part of this work I made a website www.indigobirds.com, where I have info on natural history, pictures, maps, and sound clips of hosts and parasites. More