Stats

Lifespan: 4-8 yrs
Size: Tiny
Diet: Omnivore
Activity: Diurnal
Social: Flock
Biome: Tropical savanna
Range: Sub-Saharan Africa
Movement: Flight
Breeding: Egg-laying
Defense: Speed
Status: Uncommon

About

A tiny crimson finch found across sub-Saharan Africa; the male is cloaked in vivid red plumage scattered with small white polka dots along his flanks, and thrives in dusty villages and farmyards as readily as in wild scrub.

Life cycle

1.
egg
A small clutch of speckled eggs is incubated in a cup nest, turned and kept warm by the parent.
2.
hatchling
A pink, blind hatchling is fed by its parents in the nest, gaping its bill at every visit.
3.
juvenile
A feathered juvenile fledges from the nest, learning to fly and to forage close to its parents.
4.
adult
Fully grown with adult plumage and song.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Estrildidae
Genus: Lagonosticta
Species: Lagonosticta senegala