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 31 species which occur in Rwanda.
- White-breasted Nigrita Nigrita fusconota
- Gray-headed Nigrita Nigrita canicapilla
- White-collared Oliveback Nesocharis ansorgei
- Orange-winged Pytilia Pytilia afra
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- Green-backed Twinspot Mandingoa nitidula
- Red-faced Crimsonwing Cryptospiza reichenovii
- Abyssinian Crimsonwing Cryptospiza salvadorii
- Dusky Crimsonwing Cryptospiza jacksoni
- Shelley's Crimsonwing Cryptospiza shelleyi
- Red-headed Bluebill Spermophaga ruficapilla
- Peters's Twinspot Hypargos niveoguttatus
- Dusky Twinspot Euschistospiza cinereovinacea
- Bar-breasted Firefinch Lagonosticta rufopicta
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
- Red-cheeked Cordonbleu Uraeginthus bengalus
- Yellow-bellied Waxbill Coccopygia 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
- Black-faced Waxbill Estrilda erythronotos
- Zebra Waxbill Amandava subflava
- Red-billed Quailfinch Ortygospiza gabonensis
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullatus
- Black-and-white Mannikin Spermestes bicolor
- Magpie Mannikin Spermestes fringilloides
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Rwanda
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