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
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Jameson's FirefinchLagonosticta rhodopareia (Heuglin, 1868) | EstrildidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| African FirefinchLagonosticta rubricata (Lichtenstein, 1823) | EstrildidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Bar-breasted FirefinchLagonosticta rufopicta (Fraser, 1843) | EstrildidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rock Firefinch.Lagonosticta sanguinodorsalis Payne, 1998 | EstrildidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Red-billed FirefinchLagonosticta senegala (Linnaeus, 1766) | EstrildidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Chad FirefinchLagonosticta umbrinodorsalis Reichenow, 1910 | EstrildidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mali FirefinchLagonosticta virata Bates, 1932 | EstrildidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Madagascar MannikinLemuresthes nana (Pucheran, 1845) | EstrildidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Grey-headed MuniaLonchura caniceps (Salvadori, 1876) | EstrildidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Chestnut-breasted MuniaLonchura castaneothorax (Gould, 1837) | EstrildidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Magpie MannikinLonchura fringilloides (Lafresnaye, 1835) | EstrildidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Dusky MuniaLonchura fuscans (Cassin, 1852) | EstrildidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Great-billed MuniaLonchura grandis (Sharpe, 1882) | EstrildidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black-throated MuniaLonchura kelaarti (Jerdon, 1863) | EstrildidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White-bellied MuniaLonchura leucogastra (Blyth, 1846) | EstrildidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Javan MuniaLonchura leucogastroides (Moore, 1858) | EstrildidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White-spotted MuniaLonchura leucosticta (Albertis & Salvadori, 1879) | EstrildidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black-headed MuniaLonchura malacca (Linnaeus, 1766) | EstrildidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sooty MuniaLonchura melaena (P. L. Sclater, 1880) | EstrildidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black-faced MuniaLonchura molucca (Linnaeus, 1766) | EstrildidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Western Alpine MuniaLonchura montana Junge, 1939 | EstrildidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Eastern Alpine MuniaLonchura monticola (De Vis, 1897) | EstrildidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Grey-crowned MuniaLonchura nevermanni Stresemann, 1934 | EstrildidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Red-backed MannikinLonchura nigriceps (Cassin, 1852) | EstrildidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Java SparrowLonchura oryzivora (Linnaeus, 1758) | EstrildidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Pale-headed MuniaLonchura pallida (Wallace, 1864) | EstrildidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Nutmeg MannikinLonchura punctulata (Linnaeus, 1758) | EstrildidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Five-colored MuniaLonchura quinticolor (Vieillot, 1807) | EstrildidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Hooded MuniaLonchura spectabilis (P. L. Sclater, 1879) | EstrildidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White-rumped MuniaLonchura striata (Linnaeus, 1766) | EstrildidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black MuniaLonchura stygia Stresemann, 1934 | EstrildidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black-breasted MuniaLonchura teerinki Rand, 1940 | EstrildidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Streak-headed MuniaLonchura tristissima (Wallace, 1865) | EstrildidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Grey-banded MuniaLonchura vana (Hartert, 1930) | EstrildidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Green TwinspotMandingoa nitidula (Hartlaub, 1865) | EstrildidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Plum-headed FinchNeochmia modesta (Gould, 1837) | EstrildidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Crimson FinchNeochmia phaeton (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841) | EstrildidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Star FinchNeochmia ruficauda (Gould, 1837) | EstrildidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Red-browed FinchNeochmia temporalis (Latham, 1802) | EstrildidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White-collared OlivebackNesocharis ansorgei (Hartert, 1899) | EstrildidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Grey-headed OlivebackNesocharis capistrata (Hartlaub, 1861) | EstrildidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Shelley's OlivebackNesocharis shelleyi Alexander, 1903 | EstrildidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Chestnut-breasted NigritaNigrita bicolor (Hartlaub, 1844) | EstrildidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Nigrita canicapillus (Strickland, 1841) | EstrildidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mountain FiretailOreostruthus fuliginosus (De Vis, 1897) | EstrildidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black-faced Quail-FinchOrtygospiza atricollis (Vieillot, 1817) | EstrildidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black-chinned Quail-FinchOrtygospiza gabonensis Lynes, 1914 | EstrildidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Locust FinchPaludipasser locustella Neave, 1909 | EstrildidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Parmoptila jamesoni (Shelley, 1890) | EstrildidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Long-tailed FinchPoephila acuticauda (Gould, 1840) | EstrildidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
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.