Archive for the ‘Estrildidae’ Category

• Zebra waxbill

  Apr 15 | Waxbills, Waxbills+ | Little Stint | 952 Views | with Comments Off on Zebra waxbill

  Zebra waxbill – Amandava subflava – or Orange-breasted waxbill – is a small resident African/Arabian passerine of Type – granivore, Family Estrildidae and Order Passeriformes. It is patchilly distributed...

• African silverbill

  Feb 25 | Silverbills, Waxbills+ | Little Stint | 1045 Views | with Comments Off on African silverbill

  African silverbill – Euodice cantans – is a small resident African passerine of Type – granivore, Family Estrildidae and Order Passeriformes. It is resident across s s Africa, N of the Equator and into SW...

• Tricolored munia

  Feb 25 | Munias, Waxbills+ | Little Stint | 1137 Views | with Comments Off on Tricolored munia

  Tricolored munia – Lonchura malacca – is a small resident Asian passerine of Type – granivore, Family Estrildidae and Order Passeriformes. it is resident in S India and Sri Lanka. The AWB Region lies outside of...

• Red avadavat

  Dec 5 | Avadavats, Waxbills+ | Little Stint | 1202 Views | with Comments Off on Red avadavat

  Red avadavat – Amandava amandava – is a small resident Asian Estrildid-finch of Type – granivore, Family Estrildidae and Order Passeriformes. It is found in Asia from the Indian sub-continent to Japan. The AWB...

• Indian silverbill

  Dec 5 | Silverbills, Waxbills+ | Little Stint | 1155 Views | with Comments Off on Indian silverbill

  Indian silverbill – Euodice malabarica – is a small resident Asian Estrildid-finch of Type – granivore, Family Estrildidae and Order Passeriformes. It is found across the Indian sub-continent and into Arabia. In...

• Scaly-breasted munia

  Dec 5 | Munias, Waxbills+ | Little Stint | 1159 Views | with Comments Off on Scaly-breasted munia

  Scaly-breasted munia – Lonchura punctulata – is a small resident Asian Estrildid-finch of Type – granivore, Family Estrildidae and Order Passeriformes. It is found across S and SE Asia, from N Pakistan to E...

• Estrildidae – Waxbills+

  Dec 5 | Estrildidae, Waxbills+ | Little Stint | 1106 Views | with Comments Off on Estrildidae – Waxbills+

  Estrildidae – Waxbills+ or Waxbills and allies is a Family of small Estrildid-finches, passerines of Type – granivore, and Order Passeriformes. The Family is native to the Old World Tropics and Australasia, they are...