Estrildidae

Nigrita canicapillus Photo by David Beadle (Internet Bird Collection) Common name:grey-headed negrofinch (en); negrinha-de-cabeça-cinzenta (pt); nigrette à calotte grise (fr); negrita canosa (es); graunackenschwärzling (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily EstrildidaeRange:This species is found in sub-Saharan Africa, from Guinea eastwards to southern Nigeria and Cameroon, east to Uganda and Kenya and southwards into northern Tanzania, D.R. Congo and northern…

Nesocharis shelleyi Photo by Krzysztof Blachowiak (Internet Bird Collection) Common name:Fernando Po oliveback (en); olivinha-de-rabo-curto (pt); dos-vert à tête noire (fr); olivino carinegro (es); meisenastrild (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily EstrildidaeRange:This species is found in north-western Cameroon, including Bioko Island, and marginally into south-eastern Nigeria.Size:These birds are 8 cm long and weigh 7-9 g.Habitat:The Fernando Po oliveback is…

Lonchura malabarica Photo by Per Jespersen (Per Jespersen) Common name:white-throated munia (en); bico-de-chumbo-indiano (pt); capucin bec-de-plomb (fr); capuchino picoplata indio (es); Indischer silberschnabel (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily EstrildidaeRange:This species is found throughout India and Sri Lanka, into Bangladesh, Nepal and Pakistan, and also around the Persian Gulf in southern Iran, Oman and the UAE. It has been…

Amadina fasciata Photo by Philip Perry (Internet Bird Collection) Common name:cut-throat finch (en); degolado (pt); amadine cou-coupé (fr); estrilda degollada (es); bandamadine (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily EstrildidaeRange:This species is found along the Sahel belt, from Senegal and southern Mauritania east through Mali, northern Burkina Faso, southern Niger, northern Nigeria, Southern Chad and into southern Sudan, South Sudan…

Lonchura cucullata Photo by Warwick Tarboton (Warwick Tarboton) Common name:bronze munia (en); bico-de-chumbo-bronzeado (pt); capucin nonnette (fr); capuchino bronceado (es); kleinelsterchen (de) Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily EstrildidaeRange:This species is found in sub-Saharan Africa, from Senegal east to Ethiopia and south to Angola, eastern Botswana and eastern South Africa. There is also an introduced population in Puerto Rico.Size:These…

Pyrenestes minor Photo by Johann Grobbelaar (Grob Images) Common name:lesser seedcracker (en); quebra-sementes-do-Niassa (pt); petit pyréneste (fr); estrilda piquigorda chica (es); kleiner purpurastrild (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily EstrildidaeRange:This species is found in East Africa, from southern Tanzania, through Malawi and into central Mozambique and marginally across the border into Zimbabwe.Size:These birds are 13-14 cm long and weigh…

Cryptospiza reichenovii Photo by Warwick Tarboton (Warwick Tarboton) Common name:red-faced crimson-wing (en); asa-vermelha-de-mascarilha (pt); sénégali de Reichenow (fr); estrilda de Reichenow (es); Reichenows bergastrild (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily EstrildidaeRange:This species is patchily distributed in sub-Saharan Africa, with population in southern Nigeria and northern Cameroon, in eastern D.R. Congo, Uganda and Rwanda, and from northern Tanzania to Malawi,…

Mandingoa nitidula Photo by Fernando Domingues (Exotic Finches) Common name:green-backed twinspot (en); pintadinha-verde (pt); astrild vert pointillé (fr); estrilda verde (es); grüne tropfenastrild (de)Taxonomy:Order PasseriformesFamily EstrildidaeRange:This species is patchily distributed in sub-Saharan Africa, from Guinea to Ethiopia and south to northern Angola, southern D.R. Congo, Mozambique and eastern South Africa.Size:These birds are 11 cm long…