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 15 species which occur in Swaziland.
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- Green-backed Twinspot Mandingoa nitidula
- Pink-throated Twinspot Hypargos margaritatus
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
- Jameson's Firefinch Lagonosticta rhodopareia
- Blue-breasted Cordonbleu Uraeginthus angolensis
- Black-tailed Waxbill Estrilda perreini
- Swee Waxbill Estrilda melanotis
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Zebra Waxbill Sporaeginthus subflavus
- African Quailfinch Ortygospiza fuscocrissa
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullatus
- Black-and-white Mannikin Spermestes bicolor
- Magpie Mannikin Spermestes fringilloides
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Swaziland
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