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 16 species which occur in Botswana.
- Orange-winged Pytilia Pytilia afra
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- Brown Firefinch Lagonosticta nitidula
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Jameson's Firefinch Lagonosticta rhodopareia
- Blue-breasted Cordonbleu Uraeginthus angolensis
- Violet-eared Waxbill Uraeginthus granatina
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Black-faced Waxbill Estrilda erythronotos
- Orange-breasted Waxbill Sporaeginthus subflavus
- African Quailfinch Ortygospiza fuscocrissa
- Locustfinch Paludipasser locustella (A)
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullatus
- Magpie Mannikin Spermestes fringilloides (A)
- Cut-throat Amadina fasciata
- Red-headed Finch Amadina erythrocephala
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Botswana
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