Black Bellied Firefinch

The African Fire Finch (Lagonosticta rara) is a bird characterized by its red mantle and back in males, and a pink-tinted lower mandible in females. They build spherical nests using seed-heads, grass, and sometimes vegetable fibers, and both sexes incubate the eggs.

• The wooing process involves the male flying back and forth with nesting material and performing specific movements.