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 (NT) 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 U | 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.) | |
Hunstein's Mannikin i | Estrildidae | Lonchura hunsteini | AU | New Ireland and New Hanover (ne 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 | |
Mountain Firetail i | Estrildidae | Oreostruthus fuliginosus | AU | montane c, se New Guinea | |
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 U | 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 | |
52% 73 species of 139 (0 extinct).