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 53 species which occur in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The Democratic Republic of the Congo has the greatest diversity of estrildid finches of any country.
- Jameson's Antpecker Parmoptila jamesoni
- 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
- White-collared Oliveback Nesocharis ansorgei
- Gray-headed Oliveback Nesocharis capistrata
- Orange-winged Pytilia Pytilia afra
- Red-winged Pytilia Pytilia phoenicoptera
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- Red-faced Pytilia Pytilia hypogrammica
- Green-backed Twinspot Mandingoa nitidula
- Red-faced Crimson-wing Cryptospiza reichenovii
- Abyssinian Crimson-wing Cryptospiza salvadorii
- Dusky Crimson-wing Cryptospiza jacksoni
- Shelley's Crimson-wing Cryptospiza shelleyi
- Black-bellied Seedcracker Pyrenestes ostrinus
- Grant's Bluebill Spermophaga poliogenys
- Western Bluebill Spermophaga haematina
- Red-headed Bluebill Spermophaga ruficapilla
- Brown Twinspot Clytospiza monteiri
- Peters's Twinspot Hypargos niveoguttatus
- Dybowski's Twinspot Euschistospiza dybowskii
- Dusky Twinspot Euschistospiza cinereovinacea
- Bar-breasted Firefinch Lagonosticta rufopicta
- Brown Firefinch Lagonosticta nitidula
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Black-bellied Firefinch Lagonosticta rara
- African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
- Pale-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta landanae
- Jameson's Firefinch Lagonosticta rhodopareia
- Black-faced Firefinch Lagonosticta larvata
- Blue-breasted Cordonbleu Uraeginthus angolensis
- Red-cheeked Cordonbleu Uraeginthus bengalus
- Black-tailed Waxbill Estrilda perreini
- Yellow-bellied Waxbill Estrilda quartinia
- Fawn-breasted Waxbill Estrilda paludicola
- Orange-cheeked Waxbill Estrilda melpoda
- Crimson-rumped Waxbill Estrilda rhodopyga
- Black-rumped Waxbill Estrilda troglodytes
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Black-faced Waxbill Estrilda nigriloris (E)
- Black-crowned Waxbill Estrilda nonnula
- Black-headed Waxbill Estrilda atricapilla
- Kandt's Waxbill Estrilda kandti
- Zebra Waxbill Sporaeginthus subflavus
- Red-billed Quailfinch Ortygospiza gabonensis
- Black-faced Quailfinch Ortygospiza atricollis
- 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 The Democratic Republic Of The Congo
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