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 3 species which occur in Cape Verde.
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Red-cheeked Cordonbleu Uraeginthus bengalus (A)
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Cape Verde
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