Lagonosticta

**Firefinch**
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Common name
	English: Firefinch; Kotava: Julayek; български: амаранти; Cymraeg: Llinosiaid tân; Deutsch: Amaranten; فارسی: آتش‌سهره‌ها; suomi: Ruusupeipot; עברית: אַרְגְּמָנִית; Bahasa Indonesia: Pipit-api; lietuvių: Amarantai; norsk bokmål: amaranter; norsk nynorsk: Amarantar; norsk: Amaranter; Diné bizaad: Dilchʼóshiiłchííʼ; русский: Амаранты; svenska: Amaranter; Kiswahili: Mtolondo; українська: Амарант; 中文: 火雀属;
Taxonomy
Kingdom	Animalia
Subkingdom	Bilateria
Superphylum	Deuterostomia
Phylum	Chordata
Subphylum	Vertebrata
Infraphylum	Gnathostomata
Megaclass	Osteichthyes
Superclass	Sarcopterygii
Superclass	Tetrapoda
Class	Aves
Subclass	Neornithes
Subclass	Neognathae
Superorder	Neoaves
Order	Passeriformes
Suborder	Passeri
Parvorder	Passerida
Superfamily	Passeroidea
Family	Estrildidae
Genus	Lagonosticta
Taxon author	Jean Cabanis, 1851
Authority file
	Q454872; NCBI taxonomy ID: 187434; ITIS TSN: 557800; Encyclopedia of Life ID: 45515656; GBIF taxon ID: 2493677; iNaturalist taxon ID: 14050; NBN System Key: NHMSYS0020930211; BOLD Systems taxon ID: 95525; ADW taxon ID: Lagonosticta; IRMNG ID: 1017574
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IOC Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • Regnum: Animalia • Phylum: Chordata • Subphylum: Vertebrata • Infraphylum: Gnathostomata • Superclassis: Tetrapoda • Cladus: Amniota • Cladus: Reptilia • Cladus: Archosauria • Classis: Aves • Superordo: Neognathae • Ordo: Passeriformes • Subordo: Passeri • Infraordo: Passerida • Superfamilia: Passeroidea • Familia: Estrildidae • Genus: Lagonosticta Cabanis, 1851

Vernacular names

English: Firefinch
Deutsch: Amaranten
suomi: Ruusupeipot

Included species (for IOC classification 2.7):

L. landanae, L. larvata, L. nitidula, L. rara, L. rhodopareia, L. rubricata, L. rufopicta, L. sanguinodorsalis, L. senegala, L. umbrinodorsalis, L. virata