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White-rumped Munia (Lonchura striata) by Nikhil

Also he spoke of trees, from the cedar tree of Lebanon even to the hyssop that springs out of the wall; he spoke also of animals, of birds, of creeping things, and of fish. And men of all nations, from all the kings of the earth who had heard of his wisdom, came to hear the wisdom of Solomon. (1 Kings 4:33-34 NKJV)

CLASS – AVES, Order – PASSERIFORMES, Family – Estrildidae – Waxbills, Munias & Allies

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I.O.C. 3.0 Version
Genus (31), Species (143), Subspecies

Parmoptila
Woodhouse’s Antpecker (Parmoptila woodhousei)
____ (Parmoptila woodhousei woodhousei)
____ (Parmoptila woodhousei ansorgei)
Red-fronted Antpecker (Parmoptila rubrifrons)
Jameson’s Antpecker (Parmoptila jamesoni)
Nigrita
White-breasted Nigrita (Nigrita fusconotus)
____ (Nigrita fusconotus uropygialis)
____ (Nigrita fusconotus fusconotus)
Chestnut-breasted Nigrita (Nigrita bicolor)
____ (Nigrita bicolor bicolor)
____ (Nigrita bicolor brunnescens)
Pale-fronted Nigrita (Nigrita luteifrons)
____ (Nigrita luteifrons luteifrons)
____ (Nigrita luteifrons alexanderi)
Grey-headed Nigrita (Nigrita canicapillus)
____ (Nigrita canicapillus emiliae)
____ (Nigrita canicapillus canicapillus)
____ (Nigrita canicapillus schistaceus)
____ (Nigrita canicapillus angolensis)
____ (Nigrita canicapillus diabolicus)
____ (Nigrita canicapillus candidus)
Nesocharis
Shelley’s Oliveback (Nesocharis shelleyi)
____ (Nesocharis shelleyi shelleyi)
____ (Nesocharis shelleyi bansoensis)
White-collared Oliveback (Nesocharis ansorgei)
Grey-headed Oliveback (Nesocharis capistrata)
Pytilia
Red-billed Pytilia (Pytilia lineata)
Red-winged Pytilia (Pytilia phoenicoptera)
____ (Pytilia phoenicoptera phoenicoptera)
____ (Pytilia phoenicoptera emini)
Yellow-winged Pytilia (Pytilia hypogrammica)
Orange-winged Pytilia (Pytilia afra)
Green-winged Pytilia (Pytilia melba)
____ (Pytilia melba citerior)
____ (Pytilia melba jessei)
____ (Pytilia melba soudanensis)
____ (Pytilia melba percivali)
____ (Pytilia melba belli)
____ (Pytilia melba grotei)
____ (Pytilia melba hygrophila)
____ (Pytilia melba melba)
Amadina
Red-headed Finch (Amadina erythrocephala)
Cut-throat Finch (Amadina fasciata)
____ (Amadina fasciata fasciata)
____ (Amadina fasciata alexanderi)
____ (Amadina fasciata meridionalis)
____ (Amadina fasciata contigua)
Mandingoa
Green Twinspot (Mandingoa nitidula)
____ (Mandingoa nitidula schlegeli)
____ (Mandingoa nitidula virginiae)
____ (Mandingoa nitidula chubbi)
____ (Mandingoa nitidula nitidula)
Cryptospiza
Red-faced Crimsonwing (Cryptospiza reichenovii)
____ (Cryptospiza reichenovii reichenovii)
____ (Cryptospiza reichenovii australis)
Abyssinian Crimsonwing (Cryptospiza salvadorii)
____ (Cryptospiza salvadorii salvadorii)
____ (Cryptospiza salvadorii ruwenzori)
____ (Cryptospiza salvadorii kilimensis)
Dusky Crimsonwing (Cryptospiza jacksoni)
Shelley’s Crimsonwing (Cryptospiza shelleyi)
Pyrenestes
Black-bellied Seedcracker (Pyrenestes ostrinus)
Crimson Seedcracker (Pyrenestes sanguineus)
____ (Pyrenestes sanguineus sanguineus)
____ (Pyrenestes sanguineus coccineus)
Lesser Seedcracker (Pyrenestes minor)
Spermophaga
Grant’s Bluebill (Spermophaga poliogenys)
Western Bluebill (Spermophaga haematina)
____ (Spermophaga haematina haematina)
____ (Spermophaga haematina togoensis)
____ (Spermophaga haematina pustulata)
Red-headed Bluebill (Spermophaga ruficapilla)
____ (Spermophaga ruficapilla ruficapilla)
____ (Spermophaga ruficapilla cana)
Clytospiza
Brown Twinspot (Clytospiza monteiri)
Hypargos
Pink-throated Twinspot (Hypargos margaritatus)
Red-throated Twinspot (Hypargos niveoguttatus)
____ (Hypargos niveoguttatus macrospilotus)
____ (Hypargos niveoguttatus niveoguttatus)
Euschistospiza
Dybowski’s Twinspot (Euschistospiza dybowskii)
Dusky Twinspot (Euschistospiza cinereovinacea)
____ (Euschistospiza cinereovinacea cinereovinacea)
____ (Euschistospiza cinereovinacea graueri)
Lagonosticta
Black-bellied Firefinch (Lagonosticta rara)
____ (Lagonosticta rara forbesi)
____ (Lagonosticta rara rara)
Bar-breasted Firefinch (Lagonosticta rufopicta)
____ (Lagonosticta rufopicta rufopicta)
____ (Lagonosticta rufopicta lateritia)
Brown Firefinch (Lagonosticta nitidula)
Red-billed Firefinch (Lagonosticta senegala)
____ (Lagonosticta senegala senegala)
____ (Lagonosticta senegala rhodopsis)
____ (Lagonosticta senegala brunneiceps)
____ (Lagonosticta senegala somaliensis)
____ (Lagonosticta senegala ruberrima)
____ (Lagonosticta senegala rendalli)
Rock Firefinch (Lagonosticta sanguinodorsalis)
Chad Firefinch (Lagonosticta umbrinodorsalis)
Mali Firefinch (Lagonosticta virata)
African Firefinch (Lagonosticta rubricata)
____ (Lagonosticta rubricata polionota)
____ (Lagonosticta rubricata ugandae)
____ (Lagonosticta rubricata congica)
____ (Lagonosticta rubricata haematocephala)
____ (Lagonosticta rubricata rubricata)
Landana Firefinch (Lagonosticta landanae)
Jameson’s Firefinch (Lagonosticta rhodopareia)
____ (Lagonosticta rhodopareia rhodopareia)
____ (Lagonosticta rhodopareia jamesoni)
____ (Lagonosticta rhodopareia ansorgei)
Black-faced Firefinch (Lagonosticta larvata)
____ (Lagonosticta larvata larvata)
____ (Lagonosticta larvata vinacea)
____ (Lagonosticta larvata togoensis)
____ (Lagonosticta larvata nigricollis)
Uraeginthus
Blue Waxbill (Uraeginthus angolensis)
____ (Uraeginthus angolensis angolensis)
____ (Uraeginthus angolensis niassensis)
Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu (Uraeginthus bengalus)
____ (Uraeginthus bengalus bengalus)
____ (Uraeginthus bengalus brunneigularis)
____ (Uraeginthus bengalus littoralis)
____ (Uraeginthus bengalus ugogensis)
____ (Uraeginthus bengalus katangae)
Blue-capped Cordon-bleu (Uraeginthus cyanocephalus)
Violet-eared Waxbill (Uraeginthus granatinus)
____ (Uraeginthus granatinus granatinus)
____ (Uraeginthus granatinus siccatus)
____ (Uraeginthus granatinus retusus)
Purple Grenadier (Uraeginthus ianthinogaster)
Coccopygia
Yellow-bellied Waxbill (Coccopygia quartinia)
____ (Coccopygia quartinia quartinia)
____ (Coccopygia quartinia kilimensis)
____ (Coccopygia quartinia stuartirwini)
Swee Waxbill (Coccopygia melanotis)
Angolan Waxbill (Coccopygia bocagei)
Estrilda
Lavender Waxbill (Estrilda caerulescens)
Grey Waxbill (Estrilda perreini)
____ (Estrilda perreini perreini)
____ (Estrilda perreini incana)
Cinderella Waxbill (Estrilda thomensis)
Anambra Waxbill (Estrilda poliopareia)
Fawn-breasted Waxbill (Estrilda paludicola)
____ (Estrilda paludicola paludicola)
____ (Estrilda paludicola roseicrissa)
____ (Estrilda paludicola marwitzi)
____ (Estrilda paludicola benguellensis)
____ (Estrilda paludicola ruthae)
Abyssinian Waxbill (Estrilda ochrogaster)
Orange-cheeked Waxbill (Estrilda melpoda)
____ (Estrilda melpoda melpoda)
____ (Estrilda melpoda tschadensis)
Crimson-rumped Waxbill (Estrilda rhodopyga)
____ (Estrilda rhodopyga rhodopyga)
____ (Estrilda rhodopyga centralis)
Arabian Waxbill (Estrilda rufibarba)
Black-rumped Waxbill (Estrilda troglodytes)
Common Waxbill (Estrilda astrild) by Daves BirdingPix
____ (Estrilda astrild kempi)
____ (Estrilda astrild occidentalis)
____ (Estrilda astrild sousae)
____ (Estrilda astrild peasei)
____ (Estrilda astrild macmillani)
____ (Estrilda astrild adesma)
____ (Estrilda astrild massaica)
____ (Estrilda astrild minor)
____ (Estrilda astrild cavendishi)
____ (Estrilda astrild schoutedeni)
____ (Estrilda astrild niediecki)
____ (Estrilda astrild angolensis)
____ (Estrilda astrild jagoensis)
____ (Estrilda astrild rubriventris)
____ (Estrilda astrild damarensis)
____ (Estrilda astrild astrild)
____ (Estrilda astrild tenebridorsa)
Black-lored Waxbill (Estrilda nigriloris)
Black-crowned Waxbill (Estrilda nonnula)
____ (Estrilda nonnula elizae)
____ (Estrilda nonnula eisentrauti)
____ (Estrilda nonnula nonnula)
Black-headed Waxbill (Estrilda atricapilla)
____ (Estrilda atricapilla atricapilla)
____ (Estrilda atricapilla marungensis)
____ (Estrilda atricapilla avakubi)
Kandt’s Waxbill (Estrilda kandti)
____ (Estrilda kandti kandti)
____ (Estrilda kandti keniensis)
Black-faced Waxbill (Estrilda erythronotos)
____ (Estrilda erythronotos delamerei)
____ (Estrilda erythronotos soligena)
____ (Estrilda erythronotos erythronotos)
Black-cheeked Waxbill (Estrilda charmosyna)
____ (Estrilda charmosyna charmosyna)
____ (Estrilda charmosyna kiwanukae)
Amandava
Red Avadavat (Amandava amandava) by Nikhil Devasar
____ (Amandava amandava amandava)
____ (Amandava amandava flavidiventris)
____ (Amandava amandava punicea)
Green Avadavat (Amandava formosa)
Orange-breasted Waxbill (Amandava subflava)
____ (Amandava subflava subflava)
____ (Amandava subflava niethammeri)
____ (Amandava subflava clarkei)
Ortygospiza
Black-faced Quailfinch (Ortygospiza atricollis)
____ (Ortygospiza atricollis atricollis)
____ (Ortygospiza atricollis ansorgei)
____ (Ortygospiza atricollis ugandae)
African Quailfinch (Ortygospiza fuscocrissa)
____ (Ortygospiza fuscocrissa fuscocrissa)
____ (Ortygospiza fuscocrissa muelleri)
____ (Ortygospiza fuscocrissa smithersi)
____ (Ortygospiza fuscocrissa pallida)
____ (Ortygospiza fuscocrissa digressa)
Black-chinned Quailfinch (Ortygospiza gabonensis)
____ (Ortygospiza gabonensis gabonensis)
____ (Ortygospiza gabonensis fuscata)
____ (Ortygospiza gabonensis dorsostriata)
Paludipasser
Locust Finch (Paludipasser locustella)
____ (Paludipasser locustella locustella)
____ (Paludipasser locustella uelensis)
Emblema
Painted Finch (Emblema pictum) by Ian
Stagonopleura
Beautiful Firetail (Stagonopleura bella) by Ian
____ (Stagonopleura bella bella)
____ (Stagonopleura bella interposita)
____ (Stagonopleura bella samueli)
Red-eared Firetail (Stagonopleura oculata) by Ian
Diamond Firetail (Stagonopleura guttata) by Ian
Oreostruthus
Mountain Firetail (Oreostruthus fuliginosus)
____ (Oreostruthus fuliginosus pallidus)
____ (Oreostruthus fuliginosus hagenensis)
____ (Oreostruthus fuliginosus fuliginosus)
Neochmia
Red-browed Finch (Neochmia temporalis) by Ian
____ (Neochmia temporalis minor)
____ (Neochmia temporalis temporalis)
Crimson Finch (Neochmia phaeton) by Ian
____ (Neochmia phaeton evangelinae)
____ (Neochmia phaeton phaeton)
Star Finch (Neochmia ruficauda) by Ian
____ (Neochmia ruficauda subclarescens)
____ (Neochmia ruficauda clarescens)
____ (Neochmia ruficauda ruficauda)
Plum-headed Finch (Neochmia modesta) by Ian
Poephila
Masked Finch (Poephila personata) by Ian – Bird of Week
____ (Poephila personata personata)
____ (Poephila personata leucotis)
Long-tailed Finch (Poephila acuticauda)
____ (Poephila acuticauda acuticauda)
____ (Poephila acuticauda hecki)
Black-throated Finch (Poephila cincta) by Ian
____ (Poephila cincta atropygialis)
____ (Poephila cincta cincta)
Taeniopygia
Zebra Finch (Taeniopygia guttata) by Ian
____ (Taeniopygia guttata guttata)
____ (Taeniopygia guttata castanotis)
Double-barred Finch (Taeniopygia bichenovii) by Ian
____ (Taeniopygia bichenovii annulosa)
____ (Taeniopygia bichenovii bichenovii)
Erythrura
Tawny-breasted Parrotfinch (Erythrura hyperythra)
____ (Erythrura hyperythra brunneiventris)
____ (Erythrura hyperythra borneensis)
____ (Erythrura hyperythra malayana)
____ (Erythrura hyperythra hyperythra)
____ (Erythrura hyperythra microrhyncha)
____ (Erythrura hyperythra intermedia)
Pin-tailed Parrotfinch (Erythrura prasina)
____ (Erythrura prasina prasina)
____ (Erythrura prasina coelica)
Green-faced Parrotfinch (Erythrura viridifacies)
Tricolored Parrotfinch (Erythrura tricolor)
Red-eared Parrotfinch (Erythrura coloria)
Blue-faced Parrotfinch (Erythrura trichroa) by Ian
____ (Erythrura trichroa sanfordi)
____ (Erythrura trichroa modesta)
____ (Erythrura trichroa pinaiae)
____ (Erythrura trichroa sigillifera)
____ (Erythrura trichroa macgillivrayi)
____ (Erythrura trichroa eichhorni)
____ (Erythrura trichroa pelewensis)
____ (Erythrura trichroa clara)
____ (Erythrura trichroa trichroa)
____ (Erythrura trichroa woodfordi)
____ (Erythrura trichroa cyanofrons)
Papuan Parrotfinch (Erythrura papuana)
Red-throated Parrotfinch (Erythrura psittacea)
Red-headed Parrotfinch (Erythrura cyaneovirens)
____ (Erythrura cyaneovirens gaughrani)
____ (Erythrura cyaneovirens cyaneovirens)
Royal Parrotfinch (Erythrura regia)
____ (Erythrura regia regia)
____ (Erythrura regia efatensis)
____ (Erythrura regia serena)
Fiji Parrotfinch (Erythrura pealii)
Pink-billed Parrotfinch (Erythrura kleinschmidti)
Gouldian Finch (Erythrura gouldiae) by Ian – Bird of the Week
Lemuresthes
Madagascar Mannikin (Lemuresthes nana)
Euodice
African Silverbill (Euodice cantans)
____ (Euodice cantans cantans)
____ (Euodice cantans orientalis)
Indian Silverbill (Euodice malabarica) by Nikhil Devasar
Odontospiza
Grey-headed Silverbill (Odontospiza caniceps)
Lonchura
Bronze Mannikin (Lonchura cucullata) – Video
____ (Lonchura cucullata cucullata)
____ (Lonchura cucullata scutata)
Black-and-white Mannikin (Lonchura bicolor) – Video
____ (Lonchura bicolor bicolor)
____ (Lonchura bicolor poensis)
____ (Lonchura bicolor woltersi)
Red-backed Mannikin (Lonchura nigriceps)
Magpie Mannikin (Lonchura fringilloides)
White-rumped Munia (Lonchura striata) by Nikhil – Video
____ (Lonchura striata acuticauda)
____ (Lonchura striata striata)
____ (Lonchura striata fumigata)
____ (Lonchura striata semistriata)
____ (Lonchura striata subsquamicollis)
____ (Lonchura striata swinhoei)
Javan Munia (Lonchura leucogastroides) – Video
Dusky Munia (Lonchura fuscans) – Video
Black-faced Munia (Lonchura molucca) - Video
Scaly-breasted Munia (Lonchura punctulata) by Ian – Video
____ (Lonchura punctulata punctulata)
____ (Lonchura punctulata subundulata)
____ (Lonchura punctulata yunnanensis)
____ (Lonchura punctulata topela)
____ (Lonchura punctulata cabanisi)
____ (Lonchura punctulata fretensis)
____ (Lonchura punctulata nisoria)
____ (Lonchura punctulata sumbae)
____ (Lonchura punctulata insulicola)
____ (Lonchura punctulata blasii)
____ (Lonchura punctulata baweana)
____ (Lonchura punctulata holmesi)
____ (Lonchura punctulata particeps)
Black-throated Munia (Lonchura kelaarti) by Ian
____ (Lonchura kelaarti vernayi)
____ (Lonchura kelaarti jerdoni)
____ (Lonchura kelaarti kelaarti)
White-bellied Munia (Lonchura leucogastra)
____ (Lonchura leucogastra leucogastra)
____ (Lonchura leucogastra palawana)
____ (Lonchura leucogastra smythiesi)
____ (Lonchura leucogastra castanonota)
____ (Lonchura leucogastra everetti)
____ (Lonchura leucogastra manueli)
Streak-headed Mannikin (Lonchura tristissima) – Video
____ (Lonchura tristissima tristissima)
____ (Lonchura tristissima hypomelaena)
____ (Lonchura tristissima calaminoros)
White-spotted Mannikin (Lonchura leucosticta)
____ (Lonchura leucosticta leucosticta)
____ (Lonchura leucosticta moresbyae)
Five-colored Munia (Lonchura quinticolor) – Video
Tricolored Munia (Lonchura malacca) by Nikhil Devasar
White-capped Munia (Lonchura ferruginosa)
Chestnut Munia (Lonchura atricapilla) by Ray – Video
____ (Lonchura atricapilla rubronigra)
____ (Lonchura atricapilla atricapilla)
____ (Lonchura atricapilla deignani)
____ (Lonchura atricapilla sinensis)
____ (Lonchura atricapilla batakana)
____ (Lonchura atricapilla formosana)
____ (Lonchura atricapilla jagori)
White-headed Munia (Lonchura maja) – Video
Pale-headed Munia (Lonchura pallida) – Video
Great-billed Mannikin (Lonchura grandis)
____ (Lonchura grandis heurni)
____ (Lonchura grandis destructa)
____ (Lonchura grandis ernesti)
____ (Lonchura grandis grandis)
Grey-banded Mannikin (Lonchura vana)
Grey-headed Mannikin (Lonchura caniceps)
____ (Lonchura caniceps caniceps)
____ (Lonchura caniceps scratchleyana)
____ (Lonchura caniceps kumusii)
Grey-crowned Mannikin (Lonchura nevermanni)
Hooded Mannikin (Lonchura spectabilis)
____ (Lonchura spectabilis wahgiensis)
____ (Lonchura spectabilis gajduseki)
____ (Lonchura spectabilis sepikensis)
____ (Lonchura spectabilis mayri)
____ (Lonchura spectabilis spectabilis)
Forbes’s Mannikin (Lonchura forbesi)
Hunstein’s Mannikin (Lonchura hunsteini)
____ (Lonchura hunsteini hunsteini)
____ (Lonchura hunsteini nigerrima)
Yellow-rumped Mannikin (Lonchura flaviprymna) by Ian
Chestnut-breasted Mannikin (Lonchura castaneothorax) by Ian – Video
____ (Lonchura castaneothorax uropygialis)
____ (Lonchura castaneothorax boschmai)
____ (Lonchura castaneothorax sharpii)
____ (Lonchura castaneothorax ramsayi)
____ (Lonchura castaneothorax castaneothorax)
Black Mannikin (Lonchura stygia)
Black-breasted Mannikin (Lonchura teerinki) – Video
Eastern Alpine Mannikin (Lonchura monticola)
Western Alpine Mannikin (Lonchura montana) – Video
Buff-bellied Mannikin (Lonchura melaena)
____ (Lonchura melaena melaena)
____ (Lonchura melaena bukaensis)
Timor Sparrow (Lonchura fuscata)
Java Sparrow (Lonchura oryzivora) by Ian
Heteromunia
Pictorella Mannikin (Heteromunia pectoralis) by Ian
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