Black-bellied Firefinch (Lagonosticta rara) [XC301458]
by id from coastal plains between Elmina and Komenda, Ghana (call, calls)
Black-bellied Firefinch (Lagonosticta rara) [XC719224]
by Rolf A. de By from Mole National Park, Ghana (call)
Subspecies
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:
forbesi Neumann, 1908 - South-eastern Senegal, south-western Mali, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea and northern Sierra Leone east to Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin and Nigeria.
rara (Antinori, 1864) - Cameroon east to southern Sudan, north-eastern DRCongo, Uganda and extreme western Kenya.