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 48 species which occur in Uganda.
- Jameson's Antpecker Parmoptila jamesoni
- White-breasted Nigrita Nigrita fusconota
- Chestnut-breasted Nigrita Nigrita bicolor
- Pale-fronted Nigrita Nigrita luteifrons
- Gray-headed Nigrita 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
- Green-backed Twinspot Mandingoa nitidula
- Red-faced Crimsonwing Cryptospiza reichenovii
- Abyssinian Crimsonwing Cryptospiza salvadorii
- Dusky Crimsonwing Cryptospiza jacksoni
- Shelley's Crimsonwing Cryptospiza shelleyi
- Black-bellied Seedcracker Pyrenestes ostrinus
- Grant's Bluebill Spermophaga poliogenys
- Red-headed Bluebill Spermophaga ruficapilla
- Brown Twinspot Clytospiza monteiri
- Dybowski's Twinspot Euschistospiza dybowskii
- Dusky Twinspot Euschistospiza cinereovinacea
- Bar-breasted Firefinch Lagonosticta rufopicta
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Black-bellied Firefinch Lagonosticta rara
- African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
- Jameson's Firefinch Lagonosticta rhodopareia
- Black-faced Firefinch Lagonosticta larvata
- Red-cheeked Cordonbleu Uraeginthus bengalus
- 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-crowned Waxbill Estrilda nonnula
- Black-headed Waxbill Estrilda atricapilla
- Kandt's Waxbill Estrilda kandti
- Black-faced Waxbill Estrilda erythronotos
- Red-rumped Waxbill Estrilda charmosyna
- Zebra Waxbill Amandava subflava
- Red-billed Quailfinch Ortygospiza gabonensis
- Black-faced Quailfinch Ortygospiza atricollis
- 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 Finch Amadina fasciata
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Uganda
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