Hundreds of kilometers astray of its traditional range, at the Sewage Works (S22°39' S14°32') in Swakopmund, we caught and ringed a female Red-billed Firefinch showing a featherless, dark red brood patch (13.01.2014). This species had not been recorded here before (Mark Boorman, pers. comm. 2013). Unfortunately, we could not find a nest for more data about the actual breeding.