Estrildidae
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Estrildidae, or estrildid finches, is a family of small seed-eating passerine birds of the Old World tropics and Australasia. They comprise species commonly known as munias, mannikins, firefinches, pa
Red browed finch 02
Pictorella munia taronga zoo
Mountain Firetail
Stagonopleura bella female Melaleuca
Gouldian finch
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The Gouldian finch, also known as the Gould's finch or the rainbow finch, is a colourful passerine bird that is native to Australia.
Estrildidae
…Euodice – silverbills (2 species) Padda – sparrows (2 species) Mayrimunia – streak-headed mannikin Lonchura – munias, mannikins (28 species) Erythrurinae Chloebia – Gouldian finch Erythrura – parrotfinches (12 species) Estrildinae Nesocharis – olivebacks (2 species) Coccopygia – waxbills (3 species) Mandingoa…
Male adult Gouldian Finch
Black-headed male Gouldian finch
Newly hatched Gouldian finch chicks (note the light-blue opalescent nodules at the edges of the gape)
A young Gouldian finch (first day out of the nest), still with the blue nodules on the side of its beak