---
title: "Jameson's Firefinch"
description: "Lagonosticta rhodopareia — Birds. Jameson's firefinch (Lagonosticta rhodopareia) is a common species of estrildid finch, sparsely spread across sub-Saharan Africa."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/jameson-s-firefinch
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Jameson's Firefinch

> Lagonosticta rhodopareia — Birds. Jameson's firefinch (Lagonosticta rhodopareia) is a common species of estrildid finch, sparsely spread across sub-Saharan Africa.

- Scientific name: *Lagonosticta rhodopareia*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: `savanna` (Savanna)
- iNaturalist observations: 785
- Wikidata: [Q1077362](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1077362)
- iNaturalist taxon: [204528](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/204528)

## Names

- en: Jameson's Firefinch
- de: Rosenamarant
- es: Amaranta de Jameson
- fr: Amarante de Jameson
- pt: Peito-de-fogo-de-jameson
- pl: Amarantka skromna

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (483), ZW (64), BW (49), MW (28), ZM (23), TZ (13), SZ (8), NA (5), MZ (4), KE (3)

## Summary

Jameson's firefinch (Lagonosticta rhodopareia) is a common species of estrildid finch, sparsely spread across sub-Saharan Africa. It has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 2,600,000 km2.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jameson%27s_firefinch

## Photo

![Jameson's Firefinch](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/jameson-s-firefinch/medium.jpg)

Photo: Prince Molokomme · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/240491158

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/jameson-s-firefinch?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).