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User Albums Favorites www.BirdPhotos.com Check List -- Regions=Worldwide (140 species) Again? IUCN and region codes at bottom of page. Species Family Scientific name Breeding Regions Breeding Subregions Nonbreeding Subregions - PASSERIFORMES   Abyssinian Crimsonwing i    Estrildidae    Cryptospiza salvadorii  AF ec, e  African Firefinch i    Estrildidae    Lagonosticta rubricata  AF w, c, se, s  African Silverbill i    Estrildidae    Euodice cantans  AF w, c, e, also sw Arabian Pen.  Anambra Waxbill (NT)  i    Estrildidae    Estrilda poliopareia  AF s Benin, s Nigeria  Angola Waxbill i    Estrildidae    Coccopygia bocagei  AF Angola  Arabian Waxbill i    Estrildidae    Estrilda rufibarba  PAL sw Saudi Arabia and w, c Yemen (sw Arabian Pen.)  Australian Zebra Finch i    Estrildidae    Taeniopygia castanotis  AU Australia (except Cape York Pen., ne QLD and far se)  Bar-breasted Firefinch i    Estrildidae    Lagonosticta rufopicta  AF w, c  Beautiful Firetail i    Estrildidae    Stagonopleura bella  AU s, se Australia and Tasmania  Black Mannikin i    Estrildidae    Lonchura stygia  AU s Trans-Fly (sc New Guinea)  Black-and-white Mannikin i    Estrildidae    Spermestes bicolor  AF Sub-Saharan Africa  Black-bellied Firefinch i    Estrildidae    Lagonosticta rara  AF w, c, e  Black-bellied Seedcracker i    Estrildidae    Pyrenestes ostrinus  AF Ivory Coast to s South Sudan and w Kenya and s to Zambia and n Angola  Black-breasted Mannikin i    Estrildidae    Lonchura teerinki  AU montane wc New Guinea  Black-cheeked Waxbill i U    Estrildidae    Brunhilda charmosyna  AF e  Black-crowned Waxbill i    Estrildidae    Estrilda nonnula  AF c  Black-faced Firefinch i U    Estrildidae    Lagonosticta larvata  AF Sudan and Ethiopia to w, c Africa  Black-faced Munia i    Estrildidae    Lonchura molucca  AU Sulawesi region, Moluccas, Lesser Sundas, Gag and Kofiau (Raja Ampat Is., w of nw New Guinea)  Black-faced Waxbill i    Estrildidae    Brunhilda erythronotos  AF s, e  Black-headed Waxbill i    Estrildidae    Estrilda atricapilla  AF c  Black-lored Waxbill (DD)  i    Estrildidae    Estrilda nigriloris  AF sc DR Congo  Black-rumped Waxbill i    Estrildidae    Estrilda troglodytes  AF Mauritania to Liberia and e to Eritrea, Ethiopia and w Kenya  Black-throated Finch i    Estrildidae    Poephila cincta  AU n QLD (ne, e Australia)  Black-throated Munia i    Estrildidae    Lonchura kelaarti  OR India and Sri Lanka  Blue Waxbill i    Estrildidae    Uraeginthus angolensis  AF s  Blue-capped Cordon-bleu i    Estrildidae    Uraeginthus cyanocephalus  AF s South Sudan, s Ethiopia and s Somalia to c Tanzania  Blue-faced Parrotfinch i    Estrildidae    Erythrura trichroa  AU montane Sulawesi to ne Australia, Vanuatu and Loyalty Is. (New Caledonia)  Bronze Mannikin i    Estrildidae    Spermestes cucullata  AF w, c, e, s  Brown Firefinch i    Estrildidae    Lagonosticta nitidula  AF c Angola, c DR Congo and sw Tanzania to ne Namibia, n Botswana and nw Zimbabwe  Brown Twinspot i    Estrildidae    Clytospiza monteiri  AF se Nigeria and Cameroon to s South Sudan and w Kenya, Gabon to w Angola and e to c DR Congo  Buff-bellied Mannikin i    Estrildidae    Lonchura melaena  AU New Britain and New Ireland (e Bismarck Arch.) and Buka I. (n Solomon Is.)  Chad Firefinch i    Estrildidae    Lagonosticta umbrinodorsalis  AF sw Chad and n Cameroon  Chestnut Munia i    Estrildidae    Lonchura atricapilla  OR, AU India to Indonesia, Philippines  Chestnut-breasted Mannikin i    Estrildidae    Lonchura castaneothorax  AU New Guinea and nw to se Australia  Chestnut-breasted Nigrita i    Estrildidae    Nigrita bicolor  AF w, c  Cinderella Waxbill i    Estrildidae    Glaucestrilda thomensis  AF w Angola and nw Namibia  Common Waxbill i    Estrildidae    Estrilda astrild  AF w, c, e, s  Crimson Finch i    Estrildidae    Neochmia phaeton  AU sc New Guinea and n Australia  Crimson Seedcracker i    Estrildidae    Pyrenestes sanguineus  AF Senegal and Sierra Leone to Ivory Coast  Crimson-rumped Waxbill i    Estrildidae    Estrilda rhodopyga  AF ne, e  Cut-throat Finch i    Estrildidae    Amadina fasciata  AF w, c, e  Diamond Firetail (VU)  i    Estrildidae    Stagonopleura guttata  AU se QLD, e NSW, VIC and sc SA (ec to sc Australia)  Double-barred Finch i    Estrildidae    Stizoptera bichenovii  AU n and e Australia  Dusky Crimsonwing i    Estrildidae    Cryptospiza jacksoni  AF e DR Congo, w Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi  Dusky Munia i    Estrildidae    Lonchura fuscans  OR Borneo and Mapun (=Cagayan Sulu, extreme w Philippines)  Dusky Twinspot i U    Estrildidae    Euschistospiza cinereovinacea  AF c  Dybowski's Twinspot i    Estrildidae    Euschistospiza dybowskii  AF Guinea to Ivory Coast; c Nigeria to w Uganda  Eastern Alpine Mannikin i    Estrildidae    Lonchura monticola  AU montane se New Guinea  Fawn-breasted Waxbill i    Estrildidae    Estrilda paludicola  AF c, ec  Fiji Parrotfinch i    Estrildidae    Erythrura pealii  PO Yasawa and Mamanuca groups, Viti Levu, Vanua Levu, Taveuni and Kadavu (n, w Fiji, sw Polynesia)  Five-colored Munia i    Estrildidae    Lonchura quinticolor  AU Lombok to Tanimbar Is. (Lesser Sundas, s Moluccas)  Forbes's Mannikin i    Estrildidae    Lonchura forbesi  AU New Ireland (ne Bismarck Arch.)  Gouldian Finch i    Estrildidae    Chloebia gouldiae  AU n WA to ne QLD (n Australia)  Grant's Bluebill i    Estrildidae    Spermophaga poliogenys  AF PR Congo to e DR Congo and w Uganda  Great-billed Mannikin i    Estrildidae    Lonchura grandis  AU n, se New Guinea  Green Avadavat (VU)  i    Estrildidae    Amandava formosa  OR c India  Green Twinspot i    Estrildidae    Mandingoa nitidula  AF w, c, e, se  Green-faced Parrotfinch (VU)  i    Estrildidae    Erythrura viridifacies  OR Luzon, Mindoro and West Visayas (n, wc Philippines)  Green-winged Pytilia i    Estrildidae    Pytilia melba  AF w, c, e, s  Grey Waxbill i    Estrildidae    Glaucestrilda perreini  AF wc, c, se  Grey-banded Mannikin i    Estrildidae    Lonchura vana  AU e Arfak Mts. (nw New Guinea)  Grey-crowned Mannikin i    Estrildidae    Lonchura nevermanni  AU Trans-Fly (sc New Guinea)  Grey-headed Mannikin i    Estrildidae    Lonchura caniceps  AU se New Guinea  Grey-headed Nigrita i    Estrildidae    Nigrita canicapillus  AF w, c  Grey-headed Oliveback i    Estrildidae    Delacourella capistrata  AF Senegal and Gambia to Guinea and e to s South Sudan, w Uganda and ne DR Congo  Grey-headed Silverbill i    Estrildidae    Spermestes griseicapilla  AF s South Sudan and s Ethiopia to c Tanzania  Hooded Mannikin i    Estrildidae    Lonchura spectabilis  AU n, se New Guinea and New Britain (se Bismarck Arch.)  Indian Silverbill i    Estrildidae    Euodice malabarica  OR India, Sri Lanka, also sc Asia  Jameson's Antpecker i    Estrildidae    Parmoptila jamesoni  AF DR Congo, w Uganda and extreme nw Tanzania  Jameson's Firefinch i    Estrildidae    Lagonosticta rhodopareia  AF e, sc  Java Sparrow (EN)  i    Estrildidae    Padda oryzivora  OR Java (now rare); introduced widely  Javan Munia i    Estrildidae    Lonchura leucogastroides  OR s Sumatra, Java, Bali and Lombok (w Lesser Sundas)  Kandt's Waxbill i    Estrildidae    Estrilda kandti  AF ec DR Congo, w Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and c Kenya  Lavender Waxbill i    Estrildidae    Glaucestrilda caerulescens  AF Senegal and Gambia to Guinea and e to n Central African Republic  Lesser Seedcracker i    Estrildidae    Pyrenestes minor  AF c Tanzania to e Zimbabwe and c Mozambique  Locust Finch i    Estrildidae    Paludipasser locustella  AF sc, se  Long-tailed Finch i    Estrildidae    Poephila acuticauda  AU nw to nc Australia  Madagascar Mannikin i    Estrildidae    Lepidopygia nana  AF Madagascar  Magpie Mannikin i    Estrildidae    Spermestes fringilloides  AF Senegal and Gambia to Liberia and e to Ethiopia and Kenya and s to South Africa  Mali Firefinch i    Estrildidae    Lagonosticta virata  AF e Senegal and s Mali  Masked Finch i    Estrildidae    Poephila personata  AU n Australia  Mottled Mannikin i    Estrildidae    Lonchura hunsteini  AU New Ireland (ne Bismarck Arch.)  Mountain Firetail i    Estrildidae    Oreostruthus fuliginosus  AU montane c, se New Guinea  New Hanover Mannikin i    Estrildidae    Lonchura nigerrima  AU New Hanover (=Lavongai) (off n New Ireland, ne Bismarck Arch.)  Orange-breasted Waxbill i    Estrildidae    Amandava subflava  AF, PAL w, c, e, s AF, sw Arabian Pen.  Orange-cheeked Waxbill i    Estrildidae    Estrilda melpoda  AF s Mauritania, Senegal and Gambia to s Chad, Central African Republic, se Sudan and Ethiopia, Gabon, n Angola, and DR Congo, w Burundi and n Zambia  Orange-winged Pytilia i    Estrildidae    Pytilia afra  AF s South Sudan and Ethiopia s to ne South Africa and w to s PR Congo and w Angola  Painted Finch i    Estrildidae    Emblema pictum  AU n, c WA to w QLD and ne SA (nw, nc Australia)  Pale-fronted Nigrita i    Estrildidae    Nigrita luteifrons  AF c  Pale-headed Munia i    Estrildidae    Lonchura pallida  AU Sulawesi and Lesser Sundas  Papuan Parrotfinch i    Estrildidae    Erythrura papuana  AU montane New Guinea  Pictorella Mannikin i    Estrildidae    Heteromunia pectoralis  AU n WA to ec QLD (n Australia)  Pin-tailed Parrotfinch i U    Estrildidae    Erythrura prasina  OR Thailand and s Myanmar to Vietnam, Sumatra, Java and Borneo  Pink-billed Parrotfinch (VU)  i    Estrildidae    Erythrura kleinschmidti  PO c, e Viti Levu (w Fiji, sw Polynesia)  Pink-throated Twinspot i    Estrildidae    Hypargos margaritatus  AF s Mozambique and ne South Africa  Plum-headed Finch i    Estrildidae    Aidemosyne modesta  AU QLD (except Cape York Pen., far ne) and n NSW (e Australia)  Purple Grenadier i    Estrildidae    Granatina ianthinogaster  AF Ethiopia and Somalia to c Tanzania  Quailfinch i    Estrildidae    Ortygospiza atricollis  AF Sub-Saharan Africa  Red Avadavat i    Estrildidae    Amandava amandava  OR Pakistan to Hainan (se China) and Vietnam, Java, Bali, and Lombok to Timor (Lesser Sundas)  Red-billed Firefinch i    Estrildidae    Lagonosticta senegala  AF w, ec, e, s  Red-billed Pytilia i    Estrildidae    Pytilia lineata  AF Ethiopia  Red-browed Finch i    Estrildidae    Neochmia temporalis  AU ne to se Australia  Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu i    Estrildidae    Uraeginthus bengalus  AF w, c, e  Red-eared Firetail i    Estrildidae    Stagonopleura oculata  AU sw WA (sw Australia)  Red-eared Parrotfinch i    Estrildidae    Erythrura coloria  OR montane Mindanao (s Philippines)  Red-faced Crimsonwing i    Estrildidae    Cryptospiza reichenovii  AF wc, c, se  Red-fronted Antpecker (NT)  i    Estrildidae    Parmoptila rubrifrons  AF Sierra Leone to Ghana  Red-headed Bluebill i    Estrildidae    Spermophaga ruficapilla  AF c, ec  Red-headed Finch i    Estrildidae    Amadina erythrocephala  AF w Angola, s Zambia and w Zimbabwe to s South Africa  Red-headed Parrotfinch (NT)  i    Estrildidae    Erythrura cyaneovirens  PO w Samoa (sc Polynesia)  Red-throated Parrotfinch i    Estrildidae    Erythrura psittacea  AU Grande Terre and Ile des Pins (New Caledonia)  Red-throated Twinspot i    Estrildidae    Hypargos niveoguttatus  AF e, se  Red-winged Pytilia i    Estrildidae    Pytilia phoenicoptera  AF w, c  Rock Firefinch i    Estrildidae    Lagonosticta sanguinodorsalis  AF Nigeria, nw Cameroon.  Royal Parrotfinch i    Estrildidae    Erythrura regia  PO Vanuatu, including s Banks Is.  Scaly-breasted Munia i    Estrildidae    Lonchura punctulata  OR, AU ne Afghanistan, India, Sri Lanka to e China, Taiwan, Philippines, Greater Sundas, Sulawesi and Lesser Sundas  Shelley's Crimsonwing (EN)  i    Estrildidae    Cryptospiza shelleyi  AF e DR Congo, w Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi  Shelley's Oliveback i U    Estrildidae    Nesocharis shelleyi  AF wc  Star Finch i    Estrildidae    Bathilda ruficauda  AU nw to ne (formerly ec) Australia  Streak-headed Mannikin i    Estrildidae    Mayrimunia tristissima  AU nw, n, se New Guinea, Karkar (n of ne New Guinea) and Umboi (w of New Britain, se Bismarck Arch.)  Sunda Zebra Finch i    Estrildidae    Taeniopygia guttata  AU Lombok to Timor (Lesser Sundas)  Swee Waxbill i    Estrildidae    Coccopygia melanotis  AF sc Zimbabwe and sw Mozambique to s South Africa  Tawny-breasted Parrotfinch i    Estrildidae    Erythrura hyperythra  OR, AU Philippines and Malaysia to Java, Sulawesi and w Lesser Sundas  Timor Sparrow (NT)  i    Estrildidae    Padda fuscata  AU Timor (e Lesser Sundas)  Tricolored Munia i    Estrildidae    Lonchura malacca  OR s India and Sri Lanka  Tricolored Parrotfinch i    Estrildidae    Erythrura tricolor  AU Timor to Babar (e Lesser Sundas) and Tanimbar Is. (s Moluccas)  Violet-eared Waxbill i    Estrildidae    Granatina granatina  AF s Angola and c Namibia to sw Zambia, Zimbabwe, s Mozambique and n, ne South Africa  Western Alpine Mannikin i    Estrildidae    Lonchura montana  AU montane wc New Guinea  Western Bluebill i    Estrildidae    Spermophaga haematina  AF w, c  White-bellied Munia i    Estrildidae    Lonchura leucogastra  OR Malay Pen. to Philippines, Borneo and w Java  White-breasted Nigrita i U    Estrildidae    Nigrita fusconotus  AF w, c  White-capped Munia i    Estrildidae    Lonchura ferruginosa  OR s Sumatra (rare), Java and Bali  White-collared Oliveback i    Estrildidae    Nesocharis ansorgei  AF e DR Congo and w Uganda to nw Tanzania  White-headed Munia i    Estrildidae    Lonchura maja  OR Malay Pen., s Vietnam, Sumatra, Java and Bali  White-rumped Munia i    Estrildidae    Lonchura striata  OR India and Sri Lanka to e China, Taiwan, Sumatra, Lingga and Bangka is. (e of c, s Sumatra)  White-spotted Mannikin i    Estrildidae    Mayrimunia leucosticta  AU sc New Guinea  Woodhouse's Antpecker i    Estrildidae    Parmoptila woodhousei  AF wc  Yellow-bellied Waxbill i U    Estrildidae    Coccopygia quartinia  AF ec, se  Yellow-rumped Mannikin i    Estrildidae    Lonchura flaviprymna  AU ne Kimberley, WA and Top End, NT (nw Australia)  Yellow-winged Pytilia i    Estrildidae    Pytilia hypogrammica  AF Guinea to Liberia and e to s Chad and Central African Republic 56%   79 species of 140 (0 extinct).   IUCN Status Codes EX Extinct EW Extinct in the wild CR Critically Endangered EN Endangered VU Vulnerable NT Near Threatened LC Least Concern DD Data deficient NE Not evaluated LC not shown.   Breeding Range Codes AF Africa (entire continent rather than south of Sahara) AN Antarctica AO Atlantic Ocean AU Australasia (Wallacea (Indonesian islands east of Wallace's line), New Guinea and its islands, Australia, New Zealand and its subantarctic islands, the Solomons, New Caledonia, and Vanuatu) PAL Eurasia (Europe, Asia from the Middle East through central Asia north of the Himalayas, Siberia and northern China to Japan) IO Indian Ocean LA Latin America (Middle and South America) MA Middle America (Mexico through Panama) NA North America (includes the Caribbean) NO Northern oceans OR Oriental Region (South Asia from Pakistan to Taiwan, plus Southeast Asia, the Philippines, and Greater Sundas) PO Pacific Ocean SA South America SO Southern oceans TO Temperate oceans TrO Tropical oceans Worldwide Worldwide