Red-billed Quailfinch

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Red-billed Quailfinch
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Estrildidae
Genus: Ortygospiza
Species: O. gabonensis
Binomial name
Ortygospiza gabonensis
Lynes, 1914

The Red-billed Quailfinch Ortygospiza gabonensis is a common species of estrildid finch found in central Africa. It has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 450,000 km².

It is found in Angola, Burundi, the Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Rwanda, Tanzania and Zambia. The status of the species is evaluated as Least Concern.

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