List of Birds of Burundi - Waxbills and Allies

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 29 species which occur in Burundi.

• Gray-headed Negrofinch Nigrita canicapilla
• White-collared Oliveback Nesocharis ansorgei
• Orange-winged Pytilia Pytilia afra
• Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
• Green-backed Twinspot Mandingoa nitidula
• Red-faced Crimson-wing Cryptospiza reichenovii
• Abyssinian Crimson-wing Cryptospiza salvadorii
• Dusky Crimson-wing Cryptospiza jacksoni
• Shelley's Crimson-wing Cryptospiza shelleyi
• Red-headed Bluebill Spermophaga ruficapilla
• Peters's Twinspot Hypargos niveoguttatus
• Dusky Twinspot Euschistospiza cinereovinacea
• Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
• African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
• Blue-breasted Cordonbleu Uraeginthus angolensis
• Red-cheeked Cordonbleu Uraeginthus bengalus
• Yellow-bellied Waxbill Estrilda quartinia
• Fawn-breasted Waxbill Estrilda paludicola
• Orange-cheeked Waxbill Estrilda melpoda
• Crimson-rumped Waxbill Estrilda rhodopyga
• Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
• Black-crowned Waxbill Estrilda nonnula
• Black-headed Waxbill Estrilda atricapilla
• Kandt's Waxbill Estrilda kandti
• Zebra Waxbill Sporaeginthus subflavus
• Red-billed Quailfinch Ortygospiza gabonensis
• Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullatus
• Black-and-white Mannikin Spermestes bicolor
• Magpie Mannikin Spermestes fringilloides