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• African Silverbill
  Lonchura cantans
• Bar-breasted Firefinch
  Lagonosticta rufopicta
• Black-headed Mannikin/Munia/Nun
  Lonchura atricapilla
• Black-rumped (Red-eared) Waxbill
  Estrilda troglodytes
• Black-throated (Parson's) Finch
  Poephila cincta
• Blue-breasted Cordon Bleu
  Uraeginthus angolensis
• Blue-capped Cordon Bleu
  Uraeginthus cyanocephala
• Blue-faced Parrot Finch
  Erythrura trichroa
• Bronze [-winged] Mannikin
  Lonchura cucullata
• Common (St. Helena) Waxbill
  Estrilda astrild
• Crimson Finch
  Neochmia phaeton
• Cuban (Melodious) Finch
  Tiaris canora
• Cut-throat Finch
  Amadina fasciata
• Diamond Firetail
  Emblema guttata
• European Goldfinch
  Carduelis carduelis
• Goldbreast [-ed Waxbill]
  Amandava subflava
• Green Singing Finch
  Serinus mozambicus
• Java (Rice Bird) Sparrow
  Padda oryzivora
• Lady Gouldian Finch
  Chloebia gouldiae
• Lavender Waxbill
  Estrilda caerulescens
• Melba Finch (Green-winged Pytilia)
  Pytilia melba
• Orange (Red Bishop) Weaver
  Euplectes orix
• Orange Cheeked Waxbill
  Estrilda melpoda
• Owl (Bicheno) Finch
  Taeniopygia bichenovii
• Paradise Whydah
  Vidua paradisaea
  Vidua obtusa
  Vidua togoensis
  Vidua interjecta
  Vidua orientalis
• Pearl-headed Mannikin
  Lonchura griseicapilla
• Peter's Twinspot
  Hypargos niveoguttatus
• Pin-tailed Nonpareil/ Parrotfinch
  Erythrura prasina
• Pin-tailed Whydah
  Vidua macroura
• Purple Grenadier
  Uraeginthus ianthinogaster
• Red Avadavat (Strawberry Finch)
  Amandava amandava
• Red-cheeked Cordon Bleu
  Uraeginthus bengalus
• Red-throated Parrot Finch
  Erythrura psittacea
• Red-winged Pytilia (Aurora Finch)
  Pytilia phoenicoptera
• Saffron Finch
  Sicalis flaveola
• Shaft-tail (Heck's Grass) Finch
  Poephila acuticauda
• Society (Bengalese) Finch
  Lonchura striata domestica
• Spice Finch
  Lonchura punctulata
• Star Finch
  Neochmia ruficauda
• Swee (Yellow-bellied) Waxbill
  Estrilda melanotis
• Tri-colored Munia/Nun
  Lonchura malacca
• Violet-eared Waxbill
  Uraeginthus granatina
• White-headed Mannikin/Munia/Nun
  Lonchura maja
• Zebra Finch
  Taeniopygia guttata

• Definitions of Terms
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