Bar-breasted Firefinch

Lagonosticta rufopicta - Amarante pointé

Amarante pointé
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Passeriformes

  • Family
    :

    Estrildidés

  • Genus
    :

    Lagonosticta

  • Species
    :

    rufopicta

Descriptor

Fraser, 1843

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 10 cm
  • Wingspan
    : -
  • Weight
    : -
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Amarante pointé
adult
Amarante pointé
adult

Bar-breasted Firefinch (Lagonosticta rufopicta) is a species of bird in the Estrildidae family.

Subspecific information 2 subspecies

  • Lagonosticta rufopicta rufopicta (Senegal and Gambia to Chad and Central African Republic)
  • Lagonosticta rufopicta lateritia (s Sudan, ne DRCongo, s Ethiopia, Uganda and w Kenya)

Foreign names

  • Amarante pointé,
  • Amaranta barrada,
  • peito-de-fogo-pintalgado,
  • Pünktchenamarant,
  • pettyes amarant,
  • Stippelamarant,
  • Amaranto pettobarrato,
  • rosenamarant,
  • Rosenamarant,
  • amarant bodkovaný,
  • amarant tečkovaný,
  • Punktamarant,
  • savanniruusupeippo,
  • amaranta del Sahel,
  • amarantka cętkowana,
  • Крапчатый амарант,
  • シロシマコウギョクチョウ,
  • 斑胸火雀,
  • 斑胸火雀,

Voice song and cries

Amarante pointé
adult

Habitat

Amarante pointé
adult

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland ; Savanna : Dry ; Shrubland : Subarctic, Subtropical/Tropical Moist ; Grassland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Arable Land, Rural Gardens

Geographic range

Distribution

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Other sources of interest

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