Black-bellied Firefinch
 The Black-bellied Firefinch (Lagonosticta rara) is a common species of estrildid finch found in Africa. It has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 2300000 km².It is found in Benin Burkina Faso Cameroon Central African Republic Chad The Democratic Republic of the Congo Côte d'Ivoire Ghana Guinea Kenya Liberia Nigeria Senegal Sierra Leone Sudan Togo and Uganda. The status of the species is evaluated as Least Concern.