Order: Passeriformes
Family: Estrildidae

Species on page - 12 species in 11 genera depicted (out of 139 species in 33 genera)

Gouldian finch (Erythrura gouldiae)

Long-tailed finch (Poephila acuticauda)

Zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata)

Double-barred finch (Stizoptera bichenovii)

Indian silverbill (Euodice malabarica)

Common waxbill (Estrilda astrild)

Hunstein's mannikin or mottled munia (Lonchura hunsteini)

Black-faced waxbill (Brunhilda erythronotos)

Blue waxbill (Uraeginthus angolensis)

Red-billed firefinch (Lagonosticta senegala)

Crimson finch (Neochmia phaeton)

Red-browed finch (Neochmia temporalis)

Lady Gouldian finch (Erythrura gouldiae)

Gouldian

Lady Gouldian finch (Erythrura gouldiae)
Family: Estrildidae (waxbills, muunnias, mannikins)
Butterfly world
Tradewinds Park, Florida
March 30, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2

Lady Gouldian finch (Erythrura gouldiae)
Family: Estrildidae (waxbills, muunnias, mannikins)
Butterfly world
Tradewinds Park, Florida
March 30, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2

Lady Gouldian finch (Erythrura gouldiae)
Family: Estrildidae (waxbills, muunnias, mannikins)
Butterfly world
Tradewinds Park, Florida
March 30, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2

Lady Gouldian finch (Erythrura gouldiae)
Family: Estrildidae (waxbills, muunnias, mannikins)
Butterfly world
Tradewinds Park, Florida
March 30, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2

Long-tailed finch (Poephila acuticauda)

Nesting material

Long-tailed finch (Poephila acuticauda)
Family: Estrildidae (waxbills, muunnias, mannikins)
Butterfly world
Tradewinds Park, Florida
March 30, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2

Nest building

Long-tailed finch (Poephila acuticauda)
Family: Estrildidae (waxbills, muunnias, mannikins)
Butterfly world
Tradewinds Park, Florida
March 30, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2

Long-tailed finch (Poephila acuticauda)
Family: Estrildidae (waxbills, muunnias, mannikins)
Butterfly world
Tradewinds Park, Florida
March 30, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2

Long-tailed finch (Poephila acuticauda)
Family: Estrildidae (waxbills, muunnias, mannikins)
Butterfly world
Tradewinds Park, Florida
March 30, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2

Zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata)

Zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata)
Family: Estrildidae (waxbills, mannikins, munias, estrildids)
Butterfly world
Tradewinds Park, Florida
March 30, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2

Zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata)
Family: Estrildidae (waxbills, mannikins, munias, estrildids)
Butterfly world
Tradewinds Park, Florida
March 30, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2

Zebra

Zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata)
Family: Estrildidae (waxbills, muunnias, mannikins)
Butterfly world
Tradewinds Park, Florida
March 30, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2

Double-barred finch (Stizoptera bichenovii)

Double-barred finch (Stizoptera bichenovii)
Family: Estrildidae (waxbills, muunnias, mannikins)
Butterfly world
Tradewinds Park, Florida
March 30, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2

Double-barred finch (Stizoptera bichenovii)
Family: Estrildidae (waxbills, muunnias, mannikins)
Butterfly world
Tradewinds Park, Florida
March 30, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2

Indian silverbill (Euodice malabarica)

Indian silverbill (Euodice malabarica)
Family: Estrildidae (waxbills, muunnias, mannikins)
Butterfly world
Tradewinds Park, Florida
March 30, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2

Common waxbill (Estrilda astrild)

Banded bandit

Common waxbill (Estrilda astrild)
Family: Estrildidae (waxbills, muunnias, mannikins)
Order: Passeriformes
Swakopmund, Namibia
January 14, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2

Banded bandit

Common waxbill (Estrilda astrild)
Family: Estrildidae (waxbills, muunnias, mannikins)
Swakopmund, Namibia
January 14, 2016
Canon 7Dmark2

Common waxbill (Estrilda astrild)
Family: Estrildidae (waxbills, muunnias, mannikins)
Noumea, New Caledonia 2022
December 23, 2022
Canon R5

Hunstein's mannikin or mottled munia (Lonchura hunsteini)

Hunstein's mannikin or mottled munia (Lonchura hunsteini)
Family: Estrildidae (waxbills, muunnias, mannikins)
Pohnpei
May 27, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2

Class is in session

Hunstein's mannikin or mottled munia (Lonchura hunsteini)
Family: Estrildidae (waxbills, muunnias, mannikins)
Pohnpei
May 27, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2

Munia fenced

Hunstein's mannikin or mottled munia (Lonchura hunsteini)
Family: Estrildidae (waxbills, muunnias, mannikins)
Pohnpei
May 27, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2

Munia with seed

Hunstein's mannikin or mottled munia (Lonchura hunsteini)
Family: Estrildidae (waxbills, muunnias, mannikins)
Pohnpei
May 27, 2018
Canon 7Dmark2

Black-faced waxbill (Brunhilda erythronotos)

Black-faced waxbill

Black-faced waxbill (Brunhilda erythronotos)
Family: Estrildidae (waxbills, muunnias, mannikins)
Lion Camp
August 10, 2005
Canon rebel - original

Black-faced waxbill

Black-faced waxbill (Brunhilda erythronotos)
Family: Estrildidae (waxbills, muunnias, mannikins)
Lion Camp
August 10, 2005
Canon rebel - original

Blue waxbill (Uraeginthus angolensis)

Blue-breasted cordon-bleu

Blue waxbill (Uraeginthus angolensis)
Family: Estrildidae (waxbills, muunnias, mannikins)
Lion Camp
August 12, 2005

Bleu too

Blue waxbill (Uraeginthus angolensis)
Family: Estrildidae (waxbills, muunnias, mannikins)
Moremi
August 10, 2005

Red-billed firefinch (Lagonosticta senegala)

Red-billed firefinch (Lagonosticta senegala)
Family: Estrildidae
University of Florida Butterfly Garden
Gainesville, Florida
July 9, 2022
Canon R5

Crimson finch (Neochmia phaeton)

Crimson finch

Crimson finch (Neochmia phaeton)
Family: Estrildidae (waxbills, estrildids)
Yellow waters
Kakadu, Australia 2023
December 23, 2023
Canon R5

Crimson finch

Crimson finch (Neochmia phaeton)
Family: Estrildidae (waxbills, estrildids)
Warradjan Aboriginal Cultural Center, Cooinda
Kakadu, Australia 2023
December 23, 2023
Canon R5

Red-browed finch (Neochmia temporalis)

Red-browed finch

Red-browed finch (Neochmia temporalis )
Family: Estrildidae (waxwings)
O'Reilly's Rainforest Retreat, Australia 2023
December 16, 2023
Canon R5