A small African songbird of the waxbill family, the male of which has mainly pink or reddish plumage.
Genus Lagonosticta, family Estrildidae: several species
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- The host species, various firefinches, started diverging from one another 7 million years ago.
- All my aviaries have compost heaps in them and the firefinches really seem to appreciate these, often spending large amounts of time picking them over.
- In addition to their seed diet, Firefinches are also eager to take small insects during breeding time.
- None of the indigobirds associated with red-billed firefinch were closely related to individuals associated with brown firefinch, or vice versa.
- Firefinches are best kept in an aviary even though it doesn't need to be large.