Waxbills, Munias & Allies

Estrildidae · 141 species

Waxbills, Munias & Allies (Estrildidae) is a family of 141 bird species in the order Passeriformes. They live mostly in shrubland, grassland, forest habitats. The smallest is the Angola Waxbill and the largest the Java Sparrow.

Abyssinian Crimsonwing Cryptospiza salvadorii
African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
African Silverbill Euodice cantans
Anambra Waxbill Estrilda poliopareia
Angola Waxbill Coccopygia bocagei
Arabian Waxbill Estrilda rufibarba
Australian Zebra Finch Taeniopygia castanotis
Bar-breasted Firefinch Lagonosticta rufopicta
Beautiful Firetail Stagonopleura bella
Black Mannikin Lonchura stygia
Black-and-white Mannikin Spermestes bicolor
Black-bellied Firefinch Lagonosticta rara
Black-bellied Seedcracker Pyrenestes ostrinus
Black-breasted Mannikin Lonchura teerinki
Black-cheeked Waxbill Estrilda charmosyna
Black-crowned Waxbill Estrilda nonnula
Black-faced Firefinch Lagonosticta larvata
Black-faced Munia Lonchura molucca
Black-faced Waxbill Estrilda erythronotos
Black-headed Waxbill Estrilda atricapilla
Black-lored Waxbill Estrilda nigriloris
Black-rumped Waxbill Estrilda troglodytes
Black-throated Finch Poephila cincta
Black-throated Munia Lonchura kelaarti
Blue Waxbill Uraeginthus angolensis
Blue-capped Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus cyanocephalus
Blue-faced Parrotfinch Erythrura trichroa
Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullata
Brown Firefinch Lagonosticta nitidula
Brown Twinspot Clytospiza monteiri
Buff-bellied Mannikin Lonchura melaena
Chad Firefinch Lagonosticta umbrinodorsalis
Chestnut Munia Lonchura atricapilla
Chestnut-breasted Mannikin Lonchura castaneothorax
Chestnut-breasted Nigrita Nigrita bicolor
Cinderella Waxbill Estrilda thomensis
Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
Crimson Finch Neochmia phaeton
Crimson Seedcracker Pyrenestes sanguineus
Crimson-rumped Waxbill Estrilda rhodopyga
Cut-throat Finch Amadina fasciata
Diamond Firetail Stagonopleura guttata
Double-barred Finch Taeniopygia bichenovii
Dusky Crimsonwing Cryptospiza jacksoni
Dusky Munia Lonchura fuscans
Dusky Twinspot Euschistospiza cinereovinacea
Dybowski's Twinspot Euschistospiza dybowskii
Eastern Alpine Mannikin Lonchura monticola
Fawn-breasted Waxbill Estrilda paludicola
Fiji Parrotfinch Erythrura pealii
Five-colored Munia Lonchura quinticolor
Forbes's Mannikin Lonchura forbesi
Gouldian Finch Chloebia gouldiae
Grant's Bluebill Spermophaga poliogenys
Great-billed Mannikin Lonchura grandis
Green Avadavat Amandava formosa
Green Twinspot Mandingoa nitidula
Green-faced Parrotfinch Erythrura viridifacies
Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
Grey Firefinch Lagonosticta nigricollis
Grey Waxbill Estrilda perreini
Grey-banded Mannikin Lonchura vana
Grey-crowned Mannikin Lonchura nevermanni
Grey-headed Mannikin Lonchura caniceps
Grey-headed Nigrita Nigrita canicapillus
Grey-headed Oliveback Nesocharis capistrata
Grey-headed Silverbill Odontospiza griseicapilla
Hooded Mannikin Lonchura spectabilis
Indian Silverbill Euodice malabarica
Jameson's Antpecker Parmoptila jamesoni
Jameson's Firefinch Lagonosticta rhodopareia
Java Sparrow Lonchura oryzivora
Javan Munia Lonchura leucogastroides
Kandt's Waxbill Estrilda kandti
Lavender Waxbill Estrilda coerulescens
Lesser Seedcracker Pyrenestes minor
Locust Finch Paludipasser locustella
Long-tailed Finch Poephila acuticauda
Madagascar Mannikin Lepidopygia nana
Magpie Mannikin Spermestes fringilloides
Mali Firefinch Lagonosticta virata
Masked Finch Poephila personata
Mottled Mannikin Lonchura hunsteini
Mountain Firetail Oreostruthus fuliginosus
Orange-breasted Waxbill Amandava subflava
Orange-cheeked Waxbill Estrilda melpoda
Orange-winged Pytilia Pytilia afra
Painted Finch Emblema pictum
Pale-fronted Nigrita Nigrita luteifrons
Pale-headed Munia Lonchura pallida
Papuan Parrotfinch Erythrura papuana
Pictorella Mannikin Heteromunia pectoralis
Pin-tailed Parrotfinch Erythrura prasina
Pink-billed Parrotfinch Erythrura kleinschmidti
Pink-throated Twinspot Hypargos margaritatus
Plum-headed Finch Neochmia modesta
Purple Grenadier Granatina ianthinogaster
Quailfinch Ortygospiza atricollis
Red Avadavat Amandava amandava
Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
Red-billed Pytilia Pytilia lineata
Red-browed Finch Neochmia temporalis
Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus bengalus
Red-eared Firetail Stagonopleura oculata
Red-eared Parrotfinch Erythrura coloria
Red-faced Crimsonwing Cryptospiza reichenovii
Red-fronted Antpecker Parmoptila rubrifrons
Red-headed Bluebill Spermophaga ruficapilla
Red-headed Finch Amadina erythrocephala
Red-headed Parrotfinch Erythrura cyaneovirens
Red-throated Parrotfinch Erythrura psittacea
Red-throated Twinspot Hypargos niveoguttatus
Red-winged Pytilia Pytilia phoenicoptera
Rock Firefinch Lagonosticta sanguinodorsalis
Scaly-breasted Munia Lonchura punctulata
Shelley's Crimsonwing Cryptospiza shelleyi
Shelley's Oliveback Nesocharis shelleyi
Star Finch Neochmia ruficauda
Streak-headed Mannikin Lonchura tristissima
Sunda Zebra Finch Taeniopygia guttata
Swee Waxbill Coccopygia melanotis
Tawny-breasted Parrotfinch Erythrura hyperythra
Timor Sparrow Lonchura fuscata
Tricolored Munia Lonchura malacca
Tricolored Parrotfinch Erythrura tricolor
Vinaceous Firefinch Lagonosticta vinacea
Violet-eared Waxbill Granatina granatina
Western Alpine Mannikin Lonchura montana
Western Bluebill Spermophaga haematina
White-bellied Crimson Finch Neochmia evangelinae
White-bellied Munia Lonchura leucogastra
White-breasted Nigrita Nigrita fusconotus
White-capped Munia Lonchura ferruginosa
White-collared Oliveback Nesocharis ansorgei
White-headed Munia Lonchura maja
White-rumped Munia Lonchura striata
White-spotted Mannikin Lonchura leucosticta
Woodhouse's Antpecker Parmoptila woodhousei
Yellow-bellied Waxbill Coccopygia quartinia
Yellow-rumped Mannikin Lonchura flaviprymna
Yellow-winged Pytilia Pytilia hypogrammica