Overview
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Estrilda is a of finch in the Estrildidae family. Most of the genus is found in Africa with one species, the Arabian Waxbill, ranging into Asia. Some species are kept as pets and have been accidentally introduced to various parts of the world. It contains the following species:
- Black-lored Waxbill (Estrilda nigriloris)
- Common Waxbill (Estrilda astrild)
- Anambra Waxbill (Estrilda poliopareia)
- Arabian Waxbill (Estrilda rufibarba)
- Black-rumped Waxbill (Estrilda troglodytes)
- Black-crowned Waxbill (Estrilda nonnula)
- Black-headed Waxbill (Estrilda atricapilla)
- Red-rumped Waxbill (Estrilda charmosyna)
- Fawn-breasted Waxbill (Estrilda paludicola)
- Lavender Waxbill (Estrilda caerulescens)
- Black-cheeked Waxbill (Estrilda erythronotos)
- Black-headed Waxbill (Estrilda kandti)
- Swee Waxbill (Estrilda melanotis)
- Orange-cheeked Waxbill (Estrilda melpoda)
- Black-tailed Waxbill (Estrilda perreini)
- Crimson-rumped Waxbill (Estrilda rhodopyga)
- Cinderella Waxbill (Estrilda thomensis)
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Taxonomy
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- Domain: Eukaryota
Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Animalia
Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
- Subkingdom: Bilateria
(Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
- Branch: Deuterostomia
Grobben, 1908 - Deuterostomes
- Infrakingdom: Chordonia
(Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum: Chordata
Bateson, 1885 - Chordates
- Subphylum: Vertebrata
Cuvier, 1812 - Vertebrates
- Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Auct. - Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass: Tetrapoda
Goodrich, 1930 - Tetrapods
- Class: Aves
Linnaeus, 1758 - Birds
- Subclass: Neornithes
Gadow, 1893
- Infraclass: Neoaves
- Superorder: Passerimorphae
- Order: Passeriformes
C. Linnaeus, 1758 - Perching Birds
- Suborder: Passeri
- Parvorder: Passerida
- Superfamily: Passeroidea
- Family: Passeridae
- True Sparrows
- Subfamily: Estrildinae
- Tribe: Estrildini
- Genus: Estrilda - Waxbills
- Tribe: Estrildini
- Subfamily: Estrildinae
- Family: Passeridae
- True Sparrows
- Superfamily: Passeroidea
- Parvorder: Passerida
- Suborder: Passeri
- Order: Passeriformes
C. Linnaeus, 1758 - Perching Birds
- Superorder: Passerimorphae
- Infraclass: Neoaves
- Subclass: Neornithes
Gadow, 1893
- Class: Aves
Linnaeus, 1758 - Birds
- Superclass: Tetrapoda
Goodrich, 1930 - Tetrapods
- Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Auct. - Jawed Vertebrates
- Subphylum: Vertebrata
Cuvier, 1812 - Vertebrates
- Phylum: Chordata
Bateson, 1885 - Chordates
- Infrakingdom: Chordonia
(Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Branch: Deuterostomia
Grobben, 1908 - Deuterostomes
- Subkingdom: Bilateria
(Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
- Kingdom: Animalia
Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
The Genus Estrilda is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 99 species and subspecies in the Genus Estrilda: E. amandava amandava · E. angolensis · E. astrild (St. Helena Waxbill) · E. astrild adesma · E. astrild angolensis · E. astrild astrild · E. astrild cavendishi · E. astrild damarensis · E. astrild gaboonensis · E. astrild jagoensis · E. astrild kempi · E. astrild macmillani · E. astrild massaica · E. astrild minor · E. astrild nyansae · E. astrild nyanzae · E. astrild occidentalis · E. astrild paesei · E. astrild peasei · E. astrild rubriventris · E. astrild schoutedeni · E. astrild sousae · E. astrild ssp · E. astrild tenebridorsa · E. astrilda · E. atricapilla · E. atricapilla atricapilla · E. atricapilla graueri · E. atricapilla kandti · E. atricapilla keniensis · E. bengalus · E. benguellensis · E. caerulescens (Lavender Waxbill) · E. capistrata · E. cavendishi · E. charmosyna (Black-Cheeked Waxbill) · E. charmosyna charmosyna · E. charmosyna kiwanukae · E. cinerea · E. cinereovinacea rudolfi · E. clarkei · E. delamerei · E. erythronotos (Black-Cheeked Waxbill) · E. erythronotos charmosyna · E. erythronotos delamerei · E. erythronotos erythronotos (Black-Cheeked Waxbill) · E. erythronotos soligena · E. erythronotus · E. granatina · E. ianthinogaster · E. incana hapalochroa · E. kandti · E. larvata · E. melanotis (Yellow-Bellied Waxbill) · E. melanotis kilimensis · E. melanotis melanotis (Yellow-Bellied Waxbill) · E. melanotis quartinia · E. melpoda (Orange-Cheeked Waxbill) · E. melpoda fucata · E. melpoda melpoda · E. melpoda tschadensis · E. minor · E. nigriloris (Black-Faced Waxbill) · E. nonnula (Black-Crowned Waxbill) · E. nonnula eisentrauti · E. nonnula nonnula (Black-Crowned Waxbill) · E. ochrogaster · E. paludicola · E. paludicola benguellensis · E. paludicola ochrogaster · E. paludicola paludicola · E. paludicola roseicrissa · E. paludicola ruthae · E. perreini · E. perreini incana · E. perreini perreini · E. perreini poliogastra · E. phoenicotis · E. poliopareia (Anambra Waxbill) · E. quartinia · E. quartinia kilimensis · E. quartinia quartinia · E. rhodopyga (Crimson-Rumped Waxbill) · E. rhodopyga centralis · E. rhodopyga rhodopyga (Crimson-Rumped Waxbill) · E. rhodopygia · E. roseicrissa · E. roseicrissa roseicrissa · E. rubricata · E. rubriventris · E. rufibarba (Arabian Waxbill) · E. rufopicta · E. senegala · E. subflava · E. subflava clarkei · E. temporalis · E. thomensis (Cinderella Waxbill) · E. troglodytes (Black-Rumped Waxbill) · E. troglodytes troglodytes (Black-Rumped Waxbill)
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