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Lagonosticta nitidula Hartlaub, 1886
🦋 Animalia Estrildidae

Lagonosticta nitidula Hartlaub, 1886

Lagonosticta nitidula Hartlaub, 1886

Lagonosticta nitidula, the brown firefinch, is a common Southern African estrild…

Lagonosticta rhodopareia (Heuglin, 1868)
🦋 Animalia Estrildidae

Lagonosticta rhodopareia (Heuglin, 1868)

Lagonosticta rhodopareia (Heuglin, 1868)

Jameson's firefinch is a common estrildid finch sparsely spread across sub-Sahar…

Neochmia phaeton (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841)
🦋 Animalia Estrildidae

Neochmia phaeton (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841)

Neochmia phaeton (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841)

Neochmia phaeton, the crimson finch, is a small Australian-New Guinean bird know…

Neochmia temporalis (Latham, 1802)
🦋 Animalia Estrildidae

Neochmia temporalis (Latham, 1802)

Neochmia temporalis (Latham, 1802)

The red-browed finch is an Australian estrildid finch with distinctive red marki…

Spermophaga haematina (Vieillot, 1807)
🦋 Animalia Estrildidae

Spermophaga haematina (Vieillot, 1807)

Spermophaga haematina (Vieillot, 1807)

Western bluebill is a common African estrildid finch, rated as a species of leas…

Stagonopleura oculata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1830)
🦋 Animalia Estrildidae

Stagonopleura oculata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1830)

Stagonopleura oculata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1830)

Stagonopleura oculata (red-eared firetail) is a small endemic Australian finch f…

Stagonopleura bella (Latham, 1802)
🦋 Animalia Estrildidae

Stagonopleura bella (Latham, 1802)

Stagonopleura bella (Latham, 1802)

Stagonopleura bella, the beautiful firetail, is a small bird endemic to southeas…

Stagonopleura guttata (Shaw, 1796)
🦋 Animalia Estrildidae

Stagonopleura guttata (Shaw, 1796)

Stagonopleura guttata (Shaw, 1796)

Stagonopleura guttata, the diamond firetail, is a large Australian finch with di…

Amadina erythrocephala (Linnaeus, 1758)
🦋 Animalia Estrildidae

Amadina erythrocephala (Linnaeus, 1758)

Amadina erythrocephala (Linnaeus, 1758)

Amadina erythrocephala, the red-headed finch, is a common estrildid finch found …

Amadina fasciata (Gmelin, 1789)
🦋 Animalia Estrildidae

Amadina fasciata (Gmelin, 1789)

Amadina fasciata (Gmelin, 1789)

Amadina fasciata, the cut-throat finch, is a small African finch named for the m…

Taeniopygia guttata (Vieillot, 1817)
🦋 Animalia Estrildidae

Taeniopygia guttata (Vieillot, 1817)

Taeniopygia guttata (Vieillot, 1817)

The Sunda zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata) is an estrildid bird found in the Le…

Mandingoa nitidula (Hartlaub, 1865)
🦋 Animalia Estrildidae

Mandingoa nitidula (Hartlaub, 1865)

Mandingoa nitidula (Hartlaub, 1865)

Mandingoa nitidula, the green-backed twinspot, is an estrildid finch native to S…

Ortygospiza atricollis (Vieillot, 1817)
🦋 Animalia Estrildidae

Ortygospiza atricollis (Vieillot, 1817)

Ortygospiza atricollis (Vieillot, 1817)

Ortygospiza atricollis is an estrildid finch with taxonomic disagreement over it…

Lonchura oryzivora (Linnaeus, 1758)
🦋 Animalia Estrildidae

Lonchura oryzivora (Linnaeus, 1758)

Lonchura oryzivora (Linnaeus, 1758)

Lonchura oryzivora, the Java sparrow, is a large estrildid bird with context-dep…

Coccopygia quartinia (Bonaparte, 1850)
🦋 Animalia Estrildidae

Coccopygia quartinia (Bonaparte, 1850)

Coccopygia quartinia (Bonaparte, 1850)

Coccopygia quartinia is an East African estrildid finch, now called the yellow-b…

Coccopygia melanotis (Temminck, 1823)
🦋 Animalia Estrildidae

Coccopygia melanotis (Temminck, 1823)

Coccopygia melanotis (Temminck, 1823)

The swee waxbill (Coccopygia melanotis) is a small, common, tame bird with disti…

Uraeginthus ianthinogaster Reichenow, 1879
🦋 Animalia Estrildidae

Uraeginthus ianthinogaster Reichenow, 1879

Uraeginthus ianthinogaster Reichenow, 1879

Uraeginthus ianthinogaster is a small African waxbill found in dry shrubland, cu…

Uraeginthus granatinus (Linnaeus, 1766)
🦋 Animalia Estrildidae

Uraeginthus granatinus (Linnaeus, 1766)

Uraeginthus granatinus (Linnaeus, 1766)

Uraeginthus granatinus, the violet-eared waxbill, is a common Least Concern estr…

Lonchura bicolor (Fraser, 1843)
🦋 Animalia Estrildidae

Lonchura bicolor (Fraser, 1843)

Lonchura bicolor (Fraser, 1843)

The black-and-white mannikin is a least-concern estrildid finch species widely d…

Lonchura fringilloides (Lafresnaye, 1835)
🦋 Animalia Estrildidae

Lonchura fringilloides (Lafresnaye, 1835)

Lonchura fringilloides (Lafresnaye, 1835)

The magpie mannikin is a Least Concern estrildid finch sparsely distributed acro…

Lonchura cucullata (Swainson, 1837)
🦋 Animalia Estrildidae

Lonchura cucullata (Swainson, 1837)

Lonchura cucullata (Swainson, 1837)

This is a full description of the small bronze mannikin bird (Lonchura cucullata…

Euodice malabarica (Linnaeus, 1758)
🦋 Animalia Estrildidae

Euodice malabarica (Linnaeus, 1758)

Euodice malabarica (Linnaeus, 1758)

Euodice malabarica, the Indian silverbill, is a small seed-eating bird with nati…

Euodice cantans (Gmelin, 1789)
🦋 Animalia Estrildidae

Euodice cantans (Gmelin, 1789)

Euodice cantans (Gmelin, 1789)

Euodice cantans, the African silverbill, is a small dry-country bird native to A…

Estrilda perreini (Vieillot, 1817)
🦋 Animalia Estrildidae

Estrilda perreini (Vieillot, 1817)

Estrilda perreini (Vieillot, 1817)

The grey waxbill is a common estrildid finch found in wetter southern African ar…