Estrildidae

Estrildidae, or estrildid finches, is a family of small seed-eating passerine birds of the Old World tropics and Australasia. They comprise species commonly known as munias, mannikins, firefinches, parrotfinches and waxbills.

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Estrilda is a genus of estrildid finch in the family Estrildidae.

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Amadina is a genus of estrildid finches that are found in Africa.

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Amandava is a genus of the estrildid finches. These birds are found in dense grass or scrub in Africa and South Asia. They are gregarious seed-eaters with short, red bills. In earlier literature, amadavat and amidavad have been used. The name amandava, along with amadavat and amidavad are all corruptions of Ahmedabad, a city in Gujarat, India, from where the first few specimens of the red munia Amandava amandava were obtained.

Uraeginthus is a genus of small seed-eating birds in the family Estrildidae that are found in Sub-Saharan Africa.

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The bluebills are the genus Spermophaga of the estrildid finches family. These birds are found in tropical Africa. They are gregarious seed eaters with short, thick, blue and red bills. All have plumage which is mainly crimson and black or dark grey.

Stagonopleura is a genus of small seed-eating birds in the family Estrildidae that are native to Australia.

Nesocharis is a genus of small seed-eating birds in the family Estrildidae. They are found in Africa.

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Euodice is a genus of small seed-eating birds in the family Estrildidae. These species are from the dry zones of Africa and India and are commonly referred to as silverbills. They were formerly included in the genus Lonchura.

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Poephila is an Australian genus of estrildid finches.

Coccopygia is a genus of small seed-eating birds in the family Estrildidae. They are distributed across central and southern Africa.