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 |
|---|---|---|
| Black-throated FinchPoephila cincta (Gould, 1837) | EstrildidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Masked FinchPoephila personata Gould, 1842 | EstrildidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Lesser SeedcrackerPyrenestes minor Shelley, 1894 | EstrildidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black-bellied SeedcrackerPyrenestes ostrinus (Vieillot, 1805) | EstrildidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Crimson SeedcrackerPyrenestes sanguineus Swainson, 1837 | EstrildidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Orange-winged PytiliaPytilia afra (Gmelin, 1789) | EstrildidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Yellow-winged PytiliaPytilia hypogrammica Sharpe, 1870 | EstrildidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Red-billed PytiliaPytilia lineata Heuglin, 1863 | EstrildidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Green-winged PytiliaPytilia melba (Linnaeus, 1758) | EstrildidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Red-winged PytiliaPytilia phoenicoptera Swainson, 1837 | EstrildidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Western BluebillSpermophaga haematina (Vieillot, 1807) | EstrildidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Grant's BluebillSpermophaga poliogenys (Ogilvie-Grant, 1906) | EstrildidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Red-headed BluebillSpermophaga ruficapilla (Shelley, 1888) | EstrildidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Beautiful FiretailStagonopleura bella (Latham, 1802) | EstrildidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Diamond FiretailStagonopleura guttata (Shaw, 1796) | EstrildidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Red-eared FiretailStagonopleura oculata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1830) | EstrildidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Double-barred FinchTaeniopygia bichenovii (Vigors & Horsfield, 1827) | EstrildidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Zebra FinchTaeniopygia guttata (Vieillot, 1817) | EstrildidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Red-cheeked Cordon-bleuUraeginthus bengalus (Linnaeus, 1766) | EstrildidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Blue-capped Cordon-bleuUraeginthus cyanocephalus (Richmond, 1897) | EstrildidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Violet-eared WaxbillUraeginthus granatinus (Linnaeus, 1766) | EstrildidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Purple GrenadierUraeginthus ianthinogaster Reichenow, 1879 | 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.