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 similar in structure and habits, but have a wide variation in plumage colours and patterns. There are 140 species worldwide and 41 species which occur in Kenya.
- White-breasted Nigrita Nigrita fusconota
- Chestnut-breasted Nigrita Nigrita bicolor
- Grey-headed Nigrita Nigrita canicapilla
- Orange-winged Pytilia Pytilia afra
- Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba
- Green-backed Twinspot Mandingoa nitidula
- Red-faced Crimsonwing Cryptospiza reichenovii
- Abyssinian Crimsonwing Cryptospiza salvadorii
- Black-bellied Seedcracker Pyrenestes ostrinus
- Red-headed Bluebill Spermophaga ruficapilla
- Brown Twinspot Clytospiza monteiri
- Peters's Twinspot Hypargos niveoguttatus
- Bar-breasted Firefinch Lagonosticta rufopicta
- Red-billed Firefinch Lagonosticta senegala
- Black-bellied Firefinch Lagonosticta rara
- African Firefinch Lagonosticta rubricata
- Jameson's Firefinch Lagonosticta rhodopareia
- Red-cheeked Cordonbleu Uraeginthus bengalus
- Blue-capped Cordonbleu Uraeginthus cyanocephalus
- Purple Grenadier Uraeginthus ianthinogaster
- Yellow-bellied Waxbill Estrilda 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
- Black-faced Waxbill Estrilda erythronotos
- Red-rumped Waxbill Estrilda charmosyna
- Orange-breasted Waxbill Amandava subflava
- Black-faced Quailfinch Ortygospiza atricollis
- African Quailfinch Ortygospiza fuscocrissa
- Locustfinch Paludipasser locustella
- African Silverbill Euodice cantans
- Gray-headed Silverbill Odontospiza griseicapilla
- Bronze Mannikin Spermestes cucullatus
- Black-and-white Mannikin Spermestes bicolor
- Magpie Mannikin Spermestes fringilloides
- White-throated Munia Euodice malabarica (I)
- Gray-headed Munia Lonchura caniceps (I)
- Cut-throat Amadina fasciata
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Kenya
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