Genus

Firefinches

Lagonosticta

7 species in our catalog · found in 46 parks

Species in this group

Lagonosticta senegala

Daily sighting probability ~60% · Likely

Lagonosticta rhodopareia

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Lagonosticta rubricata

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Lagonosticta rara

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Lagonosticta larvata

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Lagonosticta rufopicta

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Lagonosticta nitidula

Daily sighting probability ~10% · With luck

Daily sighting probability by month

Probability-weighted average across the group's species

~20%

Jan

~20%

Feb

~20%

Mar

~20%

Apr

~20%

May

~20%

Jun

~30%

Jul

~30%

Aug

~30%

Sep

~20%

Oct

~20%

Nov

~30%

Dec

When they're spotted

When the group's species are recorded (aggregated)

Where to see Firefinches

Warmer areas are where this group is recorded most often. Our parks Our cities In captivity: 17 zoos & centres

Parks Ranked

#	Park	Country	Species	Daily sighting probability
1	Niokolo-Koba National Park	🇸🇳 Senegal	4 of 7	~70%
	Red-billed Firefinch			~60%
	Black-faced Firefinch			~10%
	Bar-breasted Firefinch			<5%
	Black-bellied Firefinch			<5%
2	Nairobi National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	2 of 7	~60%
	Red-billed Firefinch			~50%
	African Firefinch			~10%
3	Akagera National Park	🇷🇼 Rwanda	2 of 7	~50%
	Red-billed Firefinch			~50%
	African Firefinch			~10%
4	Gonarezhou National Park	🇿🇼 Zimbabwe	2 of 7	~50%
	Red-billed Firefinch			~40%
	Jameson's Firefinch			~20%
5	Queen Elizabeth National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	2 of 7	~50%
	Red-billed Firefinch			~40%
	African Firefinch			~10%
6	Mana Pools National Park	🇿🇼 Zimbabwe	2 of 7	~50%
	Red-billed Firefinch			~40%
	Jameson's Firefinch			~10%
7	Lower Zambezi National Park	🇿🇲 Zambia	2 of 7	~40%
	Red-billed Firefinch			~40%
	Jameson's Firefinch			~10%
8	Lake Mburo National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	2 of 7	~40%
	Red-billed Firefinch			~40%
	African Firefinch			~10%
9	Volcanoes National Park	🇷🇼 Rwanda	2 of 7	~40%
	Red-billed Firefinch			~40%
	African Firefinch			~10%
10	Ruaha National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	3 of 7	~40%
	Red-billed Firefinch			~30%
	African Firefinch			~10%
	Jameson's Firefinch			~10%
11	South Luangwa National Park	🇿🇲 Zambia	3 of 7	~40%
	Red-billed Firefinch			~30%
	Jameson's Firefinch			~10%
	African Firefinch			<5%
12	Lake Manyara National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	3 of 7	~40%
	Red-billed Firefinch			~30%
	African Firefinch			<5%
	Jameson's Firefinch			<5%
13	Kafue National Park	🇿🇲 Zambia	4 of 7	~30%
	Red-billed Firefinch			~20%
	Jameson's Firefinch			~10%
	Brown Firefinch			~10%
	African Firefinch			<5%
14	uMkhuze Game Reserve	🇿🇦 South Africa	3 of 7	~30%
	Red-billed Firefinch			~20%
	Jameson's Firefinch			~10%
	African Firefinch			~10%
15	Virunga National Park	🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo	2 of 7	~30%
	Red-billed Firefinch			~30%
	African Firefinch			<5%
16	Mkomazi National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	2 of 7	~30%
	Red-billed Firefinch			~30%
	African Firefinch			~10%
17	Mikumi National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	3 of 7	~30%
	Red-billed Firefinch			~10%
	Jameson's Firefinch			~10%
	African Firefinch			~10%
18	Kruger National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	3 of 7	~30%
	Red-billed Firefinch			~20%
	Jameson's Firefinch			~10%
	African Firefinch			<5%
19	Lake Nakuru National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	2 of 7	~30%
	Red-billed Firefinch			~20%
	African Firefinch			<5%
20	Awash National Park	🇪🇹 Ethiopia	1 of 7	~30%
	Red-billed Firefinch			~30%
21	Gorongosa National Park	🇲🇿 Mozambique	3 of 7	~30%
	Red-billed Firefinch			~20%
	African Firefinch			~10%
	Jameson's Firefinch			<5%
22	Murchison Falls National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	4 of 7	~20%
	Red-billed Firefinch			~10%
	Bar-breasted Firefinch			~10%
	African Firefinch			<5%
	Black-bellied Firefinch			<5%
23	Liwonde National Park	🇲🇼 Malawi	2 of 7	~20%
	Red-billed Firefinch			~20%
	African Firefinch			<5%
24	Meru National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	2 of 7	~20%
	Red-billed Firefinch			~20%
	Jameson's Firefinch			~10%
25	Amboseli National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	1 of 7	~20%
	Red-billed Firefinch			~20%
26	Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	2 of 7	~20%
	African Firefinch			~10%
	Red-billed Firefinch			~10%
27	Tarangire National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	3 of 7	~20%
	Red-billed Firefinch			~20%
	African Firefinch			<5%
	Jameson's Firefinch			<5%
28	Arusha National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	3 of 7	~20%
	Red-billed Firefinch			~10%
	African Firefinch			~10%
	Jameson's Firefinch			<5%
29	Moremi Game Reserve	🇧🇼 Botswana	3 of 7	~20%
	Red-billed Firefinch			~10%
	Jameson's Firefinch			~10%
	Brown Firefinch			<5%
30	Kibale National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	2 of 7	~20%
	Red-billed Firefinch			~10%
	African Firefinch			<5%
31	Chobe National Park	🇧🇼 Botswana	3 of 7	~20%
	Red-billed Firefinch			~10%
	Jameson's Firefinch			<5%
	Brown Firefinch			<5%
32	Ngorongoro Conservation Area	🇹🇿 Tanzania	3 of 7	~20%
	Red-billed Firefinch			~10%
	African Firefinch			<5%
	Jameson's Firefinch			<5%
33	Samburu National Reserve	🇰🇪 Kenya	1 of 7	~20%
	Red-billed Firefinch			~20%
34	Tsavo West National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	2 of 7	~10%
	Red-billed Firefinch			~10%
	Jameson's Firefinch			<5%
35	Hwange National Park	🇿🇼 Zimbabwe	2 of 7	~10%
	Jameson's Firefinch			~10%
	Red-billed Firefinch			~10%
36	Kidepo Valley National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	3 of 7	~10%
	Black-bellied Firefinch			~10%
	African Firefinch			<5%
	Red-billed Firefinch			<5%
37	Pilanesberg National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	2 of 7	~10%
	Red-billed Firefinch			~10%
	Jameson's Firefinch			~10%
38	Serengeti National Park	🇹🇿 Tanzania	2 of 7	~10%
	Red-billed Firefinch			~10%
	African Firefinch			<5%
39	Aberdare National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	1 of 7	~10%
	Red-billed Firefinch			~10%
40	Masai Mara National Reserve	🇰🇪 Kenya	1 of 7	~10%
	Red-billed Firefinch			~10%
41	Nyungwe National Park	🇷🇼 Rwanda	2 of 7	~10%
	Red-billed Firefinch			~10%
	African Firefinch			<5%
42	Addo Elephant National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	1 of 7	~10%
	African Firefinch			~10%
43	Bwindi Impenetrable National Park	🇺🇬 Uganda	2 of 7	<5%
	Red-billed Firefinch			<5%
	African Firefinch			<5%
44	Tsavo East National Park	🇰🇪 Kenya	1 of 7	<5%
	Red-billed Firefinch			<5%
45	Garden Route National Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	1 of 7	<5%
	African Firefinch			<5%
46	iSimangaliso Wetland Park	🇿🇦 South Africa	1 of 7	<5%
	African Firefinch			<5%

Cities Ranked

#	City	Country	Species	Daily sighting probability
1	Ouagadougou	🇧🇫 Burkina Faso	1 of 7	~70%
	Red-billed Firefinch			~70%
2	Serrekunda	🇬🇲 Gambia	2 of 7	~60%
	Red-billed Firefinch			~60%
	Bar-breasted Firefinch			<5%
3	Mombasa	🇰🇪 Kenya	1 of 7	~50%
	Red-billed Firefinch			~50%
4	Dakar	🇸🇳 Senegal	1 of 7	~50%
	Red-billed Firefinch			~50%
5	Maiduguri	🇳🇬 Nigeria	1 of 7	~50%
	Red-billed Firefinch			~50%
6	Nairobi	🇰🇪 Kenya	2 of 7	~40%
	Red-billed Firefinch			~40%
	African Firefinch			<5%
7	Harare	🇿🇼 Zimbabwe	2 of 7	~40%
	Red-billed Firefinch			~30%
	Jameson's Firefinch			~10%
8	Addis Ababa	🇪🇹 Ethiopia	1 of 7	~40%
	Red-billed Firefinch			~40%
9	Kigali	🇷🇼 Rwanda	1 of 7	~30%
	Red-billed Firefinch			~30%
10	Kampala	🇺🇬 Uganda	2 of 7	~30%
	Red-billed Firefinch			~20%
	African Firefinch			<5%
11	Dar es-Salaam	🇹🇿 Tanzania	2 of 7	~30%
	Red-billed Firefinch			~20%
	African Firefinch			~10%
12	Abuja	🇳🇬 Nigeria	2 of 7	~20%
	Red-billed Firefinch			~20%
	Bar-breasted Firefinch			~10%
13	Freetown	🇸🇱 Sierra Leone	2 of 7	~20%
	Red-billed Firefinch			~10%
	African Firefinch			~10%
14	Bujumbura	🇧🇮 Burundi	1 of 7	~20%
	Red-billed Firefinch			~20%
15	Lomé	🇹🇬 Togo	1 of 7	~10%
	Red-billed Firefinch			~10%
16	Accra	🇬🇭 Ghana	2 of 7	~10%
	Bar-breasted Firefinch			~10%
	Red-billed Firefinch			<5%
17	Kumasi	🇬🇭 Ghana	1 of 7	~10%
	Bar-breasted Firefinch			~10%
18	N'Djamena	🇹🇩 Chad	1 of 7	~10%
	Red-billed Firefinch			~10%
19	Lubango	🇦🇴 Angola	1 of 7	~10%
	Red-billed Firefinch			~10%
20	Lusaka	🇿🇲 Zambia	1 of 7	~10%
	Red-billed Firefinch			~10%
21	Maputo	🇲🇿 Mozambique	1 of 7	~10%
	Red-billed Firefinch			~10%
22	Pretoria	🇿🇦 South Africa	1 of 7	<5%
	Jameson's Firefinch			<5%
23	Durban	🇿🇦 South Africa	2 of 7	<5%
	Red-billed Firefinch			<5%
	African Firefinch			<5%
24	Johannesburg	🇿🇦 South Africa	1 of 7	<5%
	Jameson's Firefinch			<5%

Zoos & Centres Where Found

#	Zoo / Centre	Country
1	San Diego Zoo	🇺🇸 United States	In captivity
2	Skansen	🇸🇪 Sweden	In captivity
3	Nuremberg Zoo	🇩🇪 Germany	In captivity
4	Tiergarten Am Tiergarten 28 in Nürnberg	🇩🇪 Germany	In captivity
5	Berlin Zoological Garden	🇩🇪 Germany	In captivity
6	Adelaide Zoo	🇦🇺 Australia	In captivity
7	Hann Forest and Zoological Park	🇸🇳 Senegal	In captivity
8	Zoo Boise	🇺🇸 United States	In captivity
9	Cambridge Butterfly Conservatory	🇨🇦 Canada	In captivity
10	Helsingborgs Djur- och Lekpark	🇸🇪 Sweden	In captivity
11	Aquarium Berlin	🇩🇪 Germany	In captivity
12	Baltic Sea Science Center	🇸🇪 Sweden	In captivity
13	Key West Butterfly and Nature Conservatory	🇺🇸 United States	In captivity
14	Tiergarten Am Tiergarten 12 in Nürnberg	🇩🇪 Germany	In captivity
15	Tiergarten Am Tiergarten 14 in Nürnberg	🇩🇪 Germany	In captivity
16	Tiergarten Am Tiergarten 6 in Nürnberg	🇩🇪 Germany	In captivity
17	Butterfly World	🇺🇸 United States	In captivity

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Firefinches

Species in this group

Red-billed Firefinch

Jameson's Firefinch

African Firefinch

Black-bellied Firefinch

Black-faced Firefinch

Bar-breasted Firefinch

Brown Firefinch

Daily sighting probability by month

When they're spotted

Where to see Firefinches

Parks Ranked

Cities Ranked

Zoos & Centres Where Found