Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Waxbills and Allies

Waxbills and Allies

Total Number of Species in Family: 141


55 Species for which Mangoverde has photos:
Common Name   Scientific Name     Photos   Videos  Sounds
Jameson's Antpecker   Parmoptila jamesoni   200
Green-winged Pytilia   Pytilia melba   300
Green-backed Twinspot   Mandingoa nitidula   200
Pink-throated Twinspot   Hypargos margaritatus   200
Dusky Twinspot   Euschistospiza cinereovinacea   100
Red-billed Firefinch   Lagonosticta senegala   300
African Firefinch   Lagonosticta rubricata   200
Jameson's Firefinch   Lagonosticta rhodopareia   100
Blue-breasted Cordonbleu   Uraeginthus angolensis   300
Red-cheeked Cordonbleu   Uraeginthus bengalus   600
Purple Grenadier   Uraeginthus ianthinogaster   200
Violet-eared Waxbill   Uraeginthus granatina   200
Lavender Waxbill   Estrilda caerulescens   200
Yellow-bellied Waxbill   Estrilda quartinia   100
Swee Waxbill   Estrilda melanotis   100
Orange-cheeked Waxbill   Estrilda melpoda   100
Common Waxbill   Estrilda astrild   501
Black-crowned Waxbill   Estrilda nonnula   100
Black-headed Waxbill   Estrilda atricapilla   100
Black-cheeked Waxbill   Estrilda erythronotos   200
Red Avadavat   Amandava amandava   200
Green Avadavat   Sporaeginthus formosus   200
Zebra Waxbill   Sporaeginthus subflavus   100
African Quailfinch   Ortygospiza fuscocrissa   100
Beautiful Firetail   Stagonopleura bella   200
Diamond Firetail   Stagonopleura guttata   100
Red-browed Firetail   Neochmia temporalis   400
Crimson Finch   Neochmia phaeton   400
Star Finch   Neochmia ruficauda   100
Plum-headed Finch   Neochmia modesta   100
Zebra Finch   Taeniopygia guttata   801
Double-barred Finch   Taeniopygia bichenovii   200
Masked Finch   Poephila personata   100
Long-tailed Finch   Poephila acuticauda   400
Pin-tailed Parrotfinch   Erythrura prasina   100
Blue-faced Parrotfinch   Erythrura trichroa   200
Royal Parrotfinch   Erythrura regia   200
Gouldian Finch   Chloebia gouldiae   100
African Silverbill   Euodice cantans   200
White-throated Munia   Euodice malabarica   300
Bronze Mannikin   Spermestes cucullatus   600
Black-and-white Mannikin   Spermestes bicolor   300
White-rumped Munia   Lonchura striata   503
Javan Munia   Lonchura leucogastroides   200
Dusky Munia   Lonchura fuscans   100
Black-faced Munia   Lonchura molucca   100
Nutmeg Mannikin   Lonchura punctulata   500
Streak-headed Munia   Lonchura tristissima   100
Black-headed Munia   Lonchura malacca   100
Chestnut Munia   Lonchura atricapilla   700
White-headed Munia   Lonchura maja   200
Chestnut-breasted Munia   Lonchura castaneothorax   300
Java Sparrow   Padda oryzivora   100
Cut-throat   Amadina fasciata   200
Red-headed Finch   Amadina erythrocephala   300

86 Species for which Mangoverde lacks photos:
Common Name   Scientific Name     Photos   Videos  Sounds
Red-fronted Antpecker   Parmoptila rubrifrons   000
Woodhouse's Antpecker   Parmoptila woodhousei   000
White-breasted Negrofinch   Nigrita fusconota   000
Chestnut-breasted Negrofinch   Nigrita bicolor   000
Pale-fronted Negrofinch   Nigrita luteifrons   000
Gray-headed Negrofinch   Nigrita canicapilla   000
White-collared Oliveback   Nesocharis ansorgei   000
Fernando Po Oliveback   Nesocharis shelleyi   000
Gray-headed Oliveback   Nesocharis capistrata   000
Orange-winged Pytilia   Pytilia afra   000
Red-winged Pytilia   Pytilia phoenicoptera   000
Red-billed Pytilia   Pytilia lineata   000
Red-faced Pytilia   Pytilia hypogrammica   000
Red-faced Crimson-wing   Cryptospiza reichenovii   000
Abyssinian Crimson-wing   Cryptospiza salvadorii   000
Dusky Crimson-wing   Cryptospiza jacksoni   000
Shelley's Crimson-wing   Cryptospiza shelleyi   000
Crimson Seedcracker   Pyrenestes sanguineus   000
Black-bellied Seedcracker   Pyrenestes ostrinus   000
Lesser Seedcracker   Pyrenestes minor   000
Grant's Bluebill   Spermophaga poliogenys   000
Western Bluebill   Spermophaga haematina   000
Red-headed Bluebill   Spermophaga ruficapilla   000
Brown Twinspot   Clytospiza monteiri   000
Peter's Twinspot   Hypargos niveoguttatus   000
Dybowski's Twinspot   Euschistospiza dybowskii   000
Bar-breasted Firefinch   Lagonosticta rufopicta   000
Brown Firefinch   Lagonosticta nitidula   000
Black-bellied Firefinch   Lagonosticta rara   000
Pale-billed Firefinch   Lagonosticta landanae   000
Mali Firefinch   Lagonosticta virata   000
Rock Firefinch   Lagonosticta sanguinodorsalis   000
Black-faced Firefinch   Lagonosticta larvata   000
Reichenow's Firefinch   Lagonosticta umbrinodorsalis   000
Blue-capped Cordonbleu   Uraeginthus cyanocephalus   000
Black-tailed Waxbill   Estrilda perreini   000
Cinderella Waxbill   Estrilda thomensis   000
Fawn-breasted Waxbill   Estrilda paludicola   000
Anambra Waxbill   Estrilda poliopareia   000
Arabian Waxbill   Estrilda rufibarba   000
Crimson-rumped Waxbill   Estrilda rhodopyga   000
Black-rumped Waxbill   Estrilda troglodytes   000
Black-faced Waxbill   Estrilda nigriloris   000
Kandt's Waxbill   Estrilda kandti   000
Red-rumped Waxbill   Estrilda charmosyna   000
Red-billed Quailfinch   Ortygospiza gabonensis   000
Black-faced Quailfinch   Ortygospiza atricollis   000
Locustfinch   Paludipasser locustella   000
Painted Firetail   Emblema pictum   000
Red-eared Firetail   Stagonopleura oculata   000
Mountain Firetail   Oreostruthus fuliginosus   000
Chestnut-eared Finch   Taeniopygia castanotis   000
Black-throated Finch   Poephila cincta   000
Tawny-breasted Finch   Erythrura hyperythra   000
Green-faced Parrotfinch   Erythrura viridifacies   000
Tricolored Parrotfinch   Erythrura tricolor   000
Red-eared Parrotfinch   Erythrura coloria   000
Papuan Parrotfinch   Erythrura papuana   000
Red-throated Parrotfinch   Erythrura psittacea   000
Fiji Parrotfinch   Erythrura pealii   000
Red-headed Parrotfinch   Erythrura cyaneovirens   000
Pink-billed Parrotfinch   Erythrura kleinschmidti   000
Madagascar Munia   Lonchura nana   000
Gray-headed Silverbill   Odontospiza griseicapilla   000
Magpie Mannikin   Spermestes fringilloides   000
Black-throated Munia   Lonchura kelaarti   000
White-bellied Munia   Lonchura leucogastra   000
White-capped Munia   Lonchura ferruginosa   000
Five-colored Munia   Lonchura quinticolor   000
Pale-headed Munia   Lonchura pallida   000
Grand Munia   Lonchura grandis   000
Gray-banded Munia   Lonchura vana   000
Gray-crowned Munia   Lonchura nevermanni   000
Hooded Munia   Lonchura spectabilis   000
Gray-headed Munia   Lonchura caniceps   000
Mottled Munia   Lonchura hunsteini   000
New Ireland Munia   Lonchura forbesi   000
New Hanover Munia   Lonchura nigerrima   000
Yellow-rumped Munia   Lonchura flaviprymna   000
Black Munia   Lonchura stygia   000
Black-breasted Munia   Lonchura teerinki   000
Snow Mountain Munia   Lonchura montana   000
Alpine Munia   Lonchura monticola   000
Bismarck Munia   Lonchura melaena   000
Pictorella Munia   Heteromunia pectoralis   000
Timor Sparrow   Padda fuscata   000

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