The bar-breasted firefinch (Lagonosticta rufopicta) is a common species of estrildid finch found in western and central Africa.

The crown and most of the upperparts are greyish brown and rather uniform contrasting with deep red lower rump and upper tail coverts.

Tail is darker brown than back with variable amounts of red near the base.

[3] The bar-breasted firefinch is found from the Gambia and southern Senegal east to western Uganda and eastern Kenya.

[4] The bar-breasted firefinch is a common bird of grassland, bush, acacia savanna and forest clearings but will also occur near settlements and in farmland, especially in damp areas.