Waxbills

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.

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

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.

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

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

Glaucestrilda is a genus of estrildid finch in the family Estrildidae. The three species in the genus are found in Africa.

genus of birds