Names of all Estrildids

In the nomenclature of the taxonomy of birds, the Estrildid Finches are classified as the family of Estrididae.
The Estrildid Finches, or Estrildids, includes all: Waxbills, Firefinches, Twinspots, Avadavats, Negro finches, Quail finches, Olive backs, Pytilias, Seedcrackers, Amadinas, Firetails, Grass finches, Parrot finches, Munias and Mannikins.

On Internet you will find many pictures of these birds. I have found that often the wrong bird names are presented with  these pictures. Most reliable are the scientific specie names. Many popular names are derived from them.

All scientific names of the Estrildid Finches, shown on this website and in my books, are correct. These names are mostly adopted from the Complete checklist of the birds of the world by Howard and Moore, 3e edition (up to and incl. corrigenda 8, October 2008, timely at 1st January 2013).
Many of these species I have bred in captivity in the past. See: My birds

All species on the list below belong to the family Estrildidae, and are displayed and described in my book ‘Estrildid finches in the picture’.

This list also contains Lonchuras of which no universal classification is accepted and as a result the popular names lack uniformity and there is a lot of confusion. In my book I classified the Estrildid finches according to their evolutionary origin and therefore it was also possible to classify the Lonchuras.