Estrilda
| Estrilda | |
|---|---|
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| Black-crowned waxbill | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Estrildidae |
| Genus: | Estrilda Swainson, 1827 |
Estrilda is a genus of estrildid finch in the Estrildidae family.
Most of the genus is found in Africa with one species, the Arabian waxbill, ranging into Asia.
Some species are kept as pets and have been accidentally introduced to various parts of the world.
Species
It contains the following species:
- Black-lored waxbill (Estrilda nigriloris)
- Common waxbill (Estrilda astrild)
- Anambra waxbill (Estrilda poliopareia)
- Arabian waxbill (Estrilda rufibarba)
- Black-rumped waxbill (Estrilda troglodytes)
- Black-crowned waxbill (Estrilda nonnula)
- Black-headed waxbill (Estrilda atricapilla)
- Kandt's waxbill (Estrilda kandti)
- Black-cheeked waxbill (Estrilda charmosyna)
- Fawn-breasted waxbill (Estrilda paludicola)
- Lavender waxbill (Estrilda caerulescens)
- Black-faced waxbill (Estrilda erythronotos)
- Orange-cheeked waxbill (Estrilda melpoda)
- Grey waxbill (Estrilda perreini)
- Crimson-rumped waxbill (Estrilda rhodopyga)
- Cinderella waxbill (Estrilda thomensis)
See also
- Birds of Africa
- Estrildidae genera
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