115 species of munias, parrotfinches, waxbills, and allies around the world, from the Scaly-breasted Munia to the Black-lored Waxbill. Every species links to photos, calls and identification notes.
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulata
Common WaxbillEstrilda astrild
Red-browed FinchNeochmia temporalis
Indian SilverbillEuodice malabarica
Blue WaxbillUraeginthus angolensis
White-rumped MuniaLonchura striata
Zebra FinchTaeniopygia guttata
Red-billed FirefinchLagonosticta senegala
Green-winged PytiliaPytilia melba
Red AvadavatAmandava amandava
Chestnut MuniaLonchura atricapilla
Tricolored MuniaLonchura malacca
Red-headed FinchAmadina erythrocephala
Red-cheeked Cordon-bleuUraeginthus bengalus
Chestnut-breasted MannikinLonchura castaneothorax
African FirefinchLagonosticta rubricata
QuailfinchOrtygospiza atricollis
Jameson's FirefinchLagonosticta rhodopareia
Diamond FiretailStagonopleura guttata
Crimson FinchNeochmia phaeton
African SilverbillEuodice cantans
Cut-throat FinchAmadina fasciata
Orange-cheeked WaxbillEstrilda melpoda
Swee WaxbillCoccopygia melanotis
Orange-breasted WaxbillAmandava subflava
Long-tailed FinchPoephila acuticauda
Grey-headed NigritaNigrita canicapillus
Black-throated MuniaLonchura kelaarti
Beautiful FiretailStagonopleura bella
Masked FinchPoephila personata
Javan MuniaLonchura leucogastroides
White-headed MuniaLonchura maja
Dusky MuniaLonchura fuscans
Black-crowned WaxbillEstrilda nonnula
Black-rumped WaxbillEstrilda troglodytes
Yellow-bellied WaxbillCoccopygia quartinia
Blue-capped Cordon-bleuUraeginthus cyanocephalus
White-breasted NigritaNigrita fusconotus
Crimson-rumped WaxbillEstrilda rhodopyga
Brown FirefinchLagonosticta nitidula
Red-throated TwinspotHypargos niveoguttatus
Painted FinchEmblema pictum
Pink-throated TwinspotHypargos margaritatus
Red-eared FiretailStagonopleura oculata
Bar-breasted FirefinchLagonosticta rufopicta
Green TwinspotMandingoa nitidula
Fawn-breasted WaxbillEstrilda paludicola
Chestnut-breasted NigritaNigrita bicolor
White-bellied MuniaLonchura leucogastra
Black-faced MuniaLonchura molucca
Blue-faced ParrotfinchErythrura trichroa
Red-headed BluebillSpermophaga ruficapilla
Fiji ParrotfinchErythrura pealii
Black-throated FinchPoephila cincta
Western BluebillSpermophaga haematina
Pale-headed MuniaLonchura pallida
Pictorella MannikinHeteromunia pectoralis
Kandt's WaxbillEstrilda kandti
Orange-winged PytiliaPytilia afra
Hooded MannikinLonchura spectabilis
Black-bellied FirefinchLagonosticta rara
Red-faced CrimsonwingCryptospiza reichenovii
Dusky CrimsonwingCryptospiza jacksoni
Black-bellied SeedcrackerPyrenestes ostrinus
Rock FirefinchLagonosticta sanguinodorsalis
Pin-tailed ParrotfinchErythrura prasina
Grey-headed MannikinLonchura caniceps
Yellow-rumped MannikinLonchura flaviprymna
Black-faced FirefinchLagonosticta larvata
Abyssinian CrimsonwingCryptospiza salvadorii
Red-winged PytiliaPytilia phoenicoptera
Brown TwinspotClytospiza monteiri
Five-colored MuniaLonchura quinticolor
White-collared OlivebackNesocharis ansorgei
Red-throated ParrotfinchErythrura psittacea
Great-billed MannikinLonchura grandis
Red-eared ParrotfinchErythrura coloria
Mountain FiretailOreostruthus fuliginosus
Arabian WaxbillEstrilda rufibarba- Anambra WaxbillEstrilda poliopareia
Pale-fronted NigritaNigrita luteifrons
Black-headed WaxbillEstrilda atricapilla
Locust FinchPaludipasser locustella
Tawny-breasted ParrotfinchErythrura hyperythra
Buff-bellied MannikinLonchura melaena
Red-fronted AntpeckerParmoptila rubrifrons
Dybowski's TwinspotEuschistospiza dybowskii
Jameson's AntpeckerParmoptila jamesoni- Dusky TwinspotEuschistospiza cinereovinacea
Shelley's OlivebackNesocharis shelleyi
Lesser SeedcrackerPyrenestes minor- Yellow-winged PytiliaPytilia hypogrammica
Royal ParrotfinchErythrura cyaneovirens
Woodhouse's AntpeckerParmoptila woodhousei
Black-breasted MannikinLonchura teerinki- Mali FirefinchLagonosticta virata
Crimson SeedcrackerPyrenestes sanguineus
Angola WaxbillCoccopygia bocagei- Red-billed PytiliaPytilia lineata
Papuan ParrotfinchErythrura papuana
Mottled MannikinLonchura hunsteini
Western Alpine MannikinLonchura montana
Grey-banded MannikinLonchura vana- Grant's BluebillSpermophaga poliogenys
Black MannikinLonchura stygia
White-capped MuniaLonchura ferruginosa
Green-faced ParrotfinchErythrura viridifacies
Pink-billed ParrotfinchErythrura kleinschmidti- Grey-crowned MannikinLonchura nevermanni
- Forbes's MannikinLonchura forbesi
- Eastern Alpine MannikinLonchura monticola
- Chad FirefinchLagonosticta umbrinodorsalis
Tricolored ParrotfinchErythrura tricolor
Shelley's CrimsonwingCryptospiza shelleyi
Black-lored WaxbillEstrilda nigriloris