THE NATURAL-HISTORY CATALOGUE
A branch of the living world.
110,000 accepted animal species, linked through classification, synonyms, distributions and source literature.
These attributed records come from Catalogue of Life, 2026-09-11. Detail varies; they are not all fully researched, illustrated articles. Browse researched folklore and fiction.
Matches documented source distribution records. Geographic coverage is incomplete.
Family: Estrildidae · Clear filter
122 records · page 1 of 3
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Cut-throat FinchAmadina fasciata (Gmelin, 1789) | EstrildidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Red AvadavatAmandava amandava (Linnaeus, 1758) | EstrildidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Orange-breasted WaxbillAmandava subflava (Vieillot, 1819) | EstrildidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Coccopygia bocagei Shelley, 1903 | EstrildidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Swee WaxbillCoccopygia melanotis (Temminck, 1823) | EstrildidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Yellow-bellied WaxbillCoccopygia quartinia (Bonaparte, 1850) | EstrildidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Dusky CrimsonwingCryptospiza jacksoni Sharpe, 1902 | EstrildidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Red-faced CrimsonwingCryptospiza reichenovii (Hartlaub, 1874) | EstrildidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Abyssinian CrimsonwingCryptospiza salvadorii Reichenow, 1892 | EstrildidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Shelley's CrimsonwingCryptospiza shelleyi Sharpe, 1902 | EstrildidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Painted FinchEmblema pictum Gould, 1842 | EstrildidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Red-eared Parrot-FinchErythrura coloria Ripley & Rabor, 1961 | EstrildidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Red-headed Parrot-FinchErythrura cyaneovirens (Peale, 1848) | EstrildidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Erythrura gouldiae (Gould, 1844) | EstrildidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Tawny-breasted Parrot-FinchErythrura hyperythra (Reichenbach, 1862) | EstrildidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Pink-billed Parrot-FinchErythrura kleinschmidti (Finsch, 1878) | EstrildidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Erythrura pealii Hartlaub, 1852 | EstrildidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Pin-tailed Parrot-FinchErythrura prasina (Sparrman, 1788) | EstrildidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Red-throated Parrot-FinchErythrura psittacea (Gmelin, 1789) | EstrildidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Erythrura regia (P. L. Sclater, 1881) | EstrildidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Blue-faced Parrot-FinchErythrura trichroa (Kittlitz, 1833) | EstrildidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Tricolored Parrot-FinchErythrura tricolor (Vieillot, 1817) | EstrildidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Green-faced Parrot-FinchErythrura viridifacies Hachisuka & Delacour, 1937 | EstrildidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Common WaxbillEstrilda astrild (Linnaeus, 1758) | EstrildidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black-headed WaxbillEstrilda atricapilla J. Verreaux & E. Verreaux, 1851 | EstrildidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Lavender WaxbillEstrilda caerulescens (Vieillot, 1817) | EstrildidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black-cheeked WaxbillEstrilda charmosyna (Reichenow, 1881) | EstrildidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black-faced WaxbillEstrilda erythronotos (Vieillot, 1817) | EstrildidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Estrilda kandti Reichenow, 1902 | EstrildidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Orange-cheeked WaxbillEstrilda melpoda (Vieillot, 1817) | EstrildidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black-lored WaxbillEstrilda nigriloris Chapin, 1928 | EstrildidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black-crowned WaxbillEstrilda nonnula Hartlaub, 1883 | EstrildidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Abyssinian WaxbillEstrilda ochrogaster Salvadori, 1897 | EstrildidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Fawn-breasted WaxbillEstrilda paludicola Heuglin, 1863 | EstrildidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Grey WaxbillEstrilda perreini (Vieillot, 1817) | EstrildidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Anambra WaxbillEstrilda poliopareia Reichenow, 1902 | EstrildidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Crimson-rumped WaxbillEstrilda rhodopyga Sundevall, 1850 | EstrildidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Arabian WaxbillEstrilda rufibarba (Cabanis, 1851) | EstrildidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cinderella WaxbillEstrilda thomensis Sousa, 1888 | EstrildidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black-rumped WaxbillEstrilda troglodytes (Lichtenstein, 1823) | EstrildidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| African SilverbillEuodice cantans (Gmelin, 1789) | EstrildidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Indian SilverbillEuodice malabarica (Linnaeus, 1758) | EstrildidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Dusky TwinspotEuschistospiza cinereovinacea (Sousa, 1889) | EstrildidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Dybowski's TwinspotEuschistospiza dybowskii (Oustalet, 1892) | EstrildidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Pink-throated TwinspotHypargos margaritatus (Strickland, 1844) | EstrildidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Red-throated TwinspotHypargos niveoguttatus (W. Peters, 1868) | EstrildidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Landana FirefinchLagonosticta landanae Sharpe, 1890 | EstrildidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black-throated FirefinchLagonosticta larvata (Rüppell, 1840) | EstrildidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Brown FirefinchLagonosticta nitidula Hartlaub, 1886 | EstrildidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black-bellied FirefinchLagonosticta rara (Antinori, 1864) | EstrildidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
122 records · page 1 of 3
Source and selection
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n
First records in source order under phylum quotas, then source-order overflow if a quota is short. This is a selective snapshot. Source name strings can include author names, which are also searchable.