Waxbills and Allies
Order: Passeriformes. Family: Estrildidae
The estrildid finches are small passerine birds of the Old World tropics and Australasia. They are gregarious and often colonial seed-eaters with short thick but pointed bills. They are all similar in structure and habits, but have a wide variation in plumage colours and pattern. There are 141 species worldwide and 41 species which occur in Angola.
- Woodhouse's Antpecker Parmoptila woodhousei
- White-breasted Negrofinch Nigrita fusconota
- Chestnut-breasted Negrofinch Nigrita bicolor
- Pale-fronted Negrofinch Nigrita luteifrons
- Grey-headed Negrofinch Nigrita canicapilla
- Orange-winged Pytilia Pytilia afra
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- Green-backed Twinspot Mandingoa nitidula
- Red-faced Crimson-wing Cryptospiza reichenovii
- Black-bellied Seedcracker Pyrenestes ostrinus
- Western Bluebill Spermophaga haematina
- Red-headed Bluebill Spermophaga ruficapilla
- Brown Twinspot Clytospiza monteiri
- Peters's Twinspot Hypargos niveoguttatus
- Dusky Twinspot Euschistospiza cinereovinacea
- Brown Firefinch Lagonosticta nitidula
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
- Pale-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta landanae
- Jameson's Firefinch Lagonosticta rhodopareia
- Blue-breasted Cordonbleu Uraeginthus angolensis
- Red-cheeked Cordonbleu Uraeginthus bengalus
- Violet-eared Waxbill Uraeginthus granatina
- Black-tailed Waxbill Estrilda perreini
- Cinderella Waxbill Estrilda thomensis
- Yellow-bellied Waxbill Coccopygia quartinia
- Swee Waxbill Coccopygia melanotis
- Fawn-breasted Waxbill Estrilda paludicola
- Orange-cheeked Waxbill Estrilda melpoda
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Black-headed Waxbill Estrilda atricapilla
- Black-faced Waxbill Estrilda erythronotos
- Orange-breasted Waxbill Sporaeginthus subflavus
- Red-billed Quailfinch Ortygospiza gabonensis
- Black-faced Quailfinch Ortygospiza atricollis
- Locustfinch Paludipasser locustella
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullatus
- Black-and-white Mannikin Spermestes bicolor
- Magpie Mannikin Spermestes fringilloides
- Cut-throat Amadina fasciata
- Red-headed Finch Amadina erythrocephala
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Angola
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