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 17 species which occur in Papua New Guinea.
- Mountain Firetail Oreostruthus fuliginosus
- Crimson Finch Neochmia phaeton
- Blue-faced Parrotfinch Erythrura trichroa
- Papuan Parrotfinch Erythrura papuana
- Streak-headed Munia Lonchura tristissima
- Grand Munia Lonchura grandis
- Grey-crowned Munia Lonchura nevermanni
- Hooded Munia Lonchura spectabilis
- Grey-headed Munia Lonchura caniceps
- Mottled Munia Lonchura hunsteini (E)
- New Ireland Munia Lonchura forbesi (E)
- New Hanover Munia Lonchura nigerrima (E)
- Chestnut-breasted Munia Lonchura castaneothorax
- Black Munia Lonchura stygia
- Snow Mountain Munia Lonchura montana
- Alpine Munia Lonchura monticola (E)
- Bismarck Munia Lonchura melaena
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Papua New Guinea
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