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 26 species which occur in Gabon.
- Woodhouse's Antpecker Parmoptila woodhousei
- White-breasted Negrofinch Nigrita fusconota
- Chestnut-breasted Negrofinch Nigrita bicolor
- Pale-fronted Negrofinch Nigrita luteifrons
- Gray-headed Negrofinch Nigrita canicapilla
- Orange-winged Pytilia Pytilia afra
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- Green-backed Twinspot Mandingoa nitidula
- Crimson Seedcracker Pyrenestes sanguineus
- Black-bellied Seedcracker Pyrenestes ostrinus
- Western Bluebill Spermophaga haematina
- Brown Twinspot Clytospiza monteiri
- African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
- Blue-breasted Cordonbleu Uraeginthus angolensis
- Black-tailed Waxbill Estrilda perreini
- Fawn-breasted Waxbill Estrilda paludicola
- Orange-cheeked Waxbill Estrilda melpoda
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Black-crowned Waxbill Estrilda nonnula
- Black-headed Waxbill Estrilda atricapilla
- Zebra Waxbill Sporaeginthus subflavus
- Red-billed Quailfinch Ortygospiza gabonensis
- Locustfinch Paludipasser locustella
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullatus
- Black-and-white Mannikin Spermestes bicolor
- Magpie Mannikin Spermestes fringilloides
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Gabon
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