Estrilda

Estrilda
	Black-crowned waxbill (Estrilda nonnula)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Estrildidae
Genus:	Estrilda; Swainson, 1827

Estrilda is a genus of estrildid finch in the family Estrildidae.

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.

Species

It contains the following species:

Scientific name	Common Name	Distribution
Black-lored waxbill	Estrilda nigriloris	Democratic Republic of the Congo
Common waxbill	Estrilda astrild	Sierra Leone, Liberia and the Ivory Coast.
Anambra waxbill	Estrilda poliopareia	southern Nigeria.
Arabian waxbill	Estrilda rufibarba	Yemen and southwestern Saudi Arabia.
Black-rumped waxbill	Estrilda troglodytes	Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Eritrea, Ethiopia, France (introduced by Guadeloupe), Gambia, Ghana, Guadeloupe, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Portugal (introduced), Puerto Rico, Senegal, Sudan, Togo, Uganda
Black-crowned waxbill	Estrilda nonnula	Nigeria and Cameroon to se Sudan, w Kenya and nw Tanzania
Black-headed waxbill	Estrilda atricapilla	Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, the Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Kenya, Rwanda and Uganda
Kandt's waxbill	Estrilda kandti	central Africa
Black-cheeked waxbill	Estrilda charmosyna	Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan and Tanzania.
Fawn-breasted waxbill	Estrilda paludicola	Angola, Burundi, Central African Republic, the Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Kenya, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia
Lavender waxbill	Estrilda caerulescens	Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Côte d'Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sudan, Togo
Black-faced waxbill	Estrilda erythronotos	Angola, Botswana, Kenya, Namibia, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
Orange-cheeked waxbill	Estrilda melpoda	Angola, Benin, Bermuda, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, the Republic of Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Puerto Rico, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo, and Zambia.
Grey waxbill	Estrilda perreini	Angola, the Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia & Zimbabwe.
Crimson-rumped waxbill	Estrilda rhodopyga	Burundi, The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, South Africa, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda.
Cinderella waxbill	Estrilda thomensis	southwestern Angola around Namibe Province, north and east to southwest Huila Province and north to Fazenda do Cuito in Huambo and extreme northwestern Namibia.