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 28 species which occur in Ethiopia.
- Orange-winged Pytilia Pytilia afra
- Red-billed Pytilia Pytilia lineata (E)
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- Green-backed Twinspot Mandingoa nitidula
- Abyssinian Crimsonwing Cryptospiza salvadorii
- Bar-breasted Firefinch Lagonosticta rufopicta
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
- Jameson's Firefinch Lagonosticta rhodopareia
- Black-faced Firefinch Lagonosticta larvata
- Red-cheeked Cordonbleu Uraeginthus bengalus
- Blue-capped Cordonbleu Uraeginthus cyanocephalus
- Purple Grenadier Uraeginthus ianthinogaster
- Yellow-bellied Waxbill Coccopygia quartinia
- Fawn-breasted Waxbill Estrilda paludicola
- Crimson-rumped Waxbill Estrilda rhodopyga
- Black-rumped Waxbill Estrilda troglodytes
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Black-faced Waxbill Estrilda erythronotos
- Red-rumped Waxbill Estrilda charmosyna
- Zebra Waxbill Amandava subflava
- African Quailfinch Ortygospiza fuscocrissa
- African Silverbill Euodice cantans
- Gray-headed Silverbill Odontospiza griseicapilla
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullatus
- Black-and-white Mannikin Spermestes bicolor
- Magpie Mannikin Spermestes fringilloides
- Cut-throat Amadina fasciata
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Ethiopia
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