Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Red Billed Firefinch - Lagonosticta senegala


Description
Size: 4 inches
Male: bright pink bill, pale yellow eye-ring, tiny white spots on sides of breast.
Female: pale pink bill and red spot on lores, white spots on side of breast and flanks.
Call: a soft but thin or high-pitched 'dwee', 'uee', or 'tweet', often repeated as a double note. The alarm is a low pitched and abrupt 'tzet', 'chuck', or 'clook', often repeated rapidly.
Song: is a series of soft, rising, twittering whistling notes which include the 'tset' call at the start.

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