Estrildid Finchs
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 139 species worldwide, 28 in Southern Africa.
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- Orange-winged Pytilia Pytilia afra accidental
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
- Jameson's Firefinch Lagonosticta rhodopareia
- Blue-breasted Cordonbleu Uraeginthus angolensis
- Violet-eared Waxbill Uraeginthus granatina
- Black-faced Waxbill Estrilda erythronotos
- Grey Waxbill Estrilda perreini
- Cinderella Waxbill Estrilda thomensis
- Common Waxbill Estrilda astrild
- Violet-eared Waxbill Granatina granatina
- Blue Waxbill Uraeginthus angolensis
- Yellow-bellied Waxbill Coccopygia quartinia
- Swee Waxbill Coccopygia melanotis
- Zebra Waxbill Sporaeginthus subflavus
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullatus
- Black-and-white Mannikin Spermestes bicolor
- Magpie Mannikin Spermestes fringilloides
- African Quailfinch Ortygospiza atricollis
- Red-headed Finch Amadina erythrocephala
- Cut-throat Finch Amadina fasciata
- Locustfinch Paludipasser locustella
- Red-throated Twinspot Hypargos niveoguttatus
- Pink-throated Twinspot Hypargos margaritatus
- Green Twinspot Mandingoa nitidula
- Red-faced Crimson-wing Cryptospiza reichenovii
- Lesser Seedcracker Pyrenestes minor
Read more about this topic: List Of Southern African Birds