| Ostriches | | Rheas | | Kiwis | | Cassowaries | | Tinamous | | Waterfowl | | Landfowl | | Nightjars | | Oilbird | | Frogmouths | | Owlet-nightjars | | Treeswifts, Swifts, Hummingbirds | | Turacos | | Bustards | | Cuckoos | | Mesites | | Sandgrouse | | Doves, Pigeons | | Cranes, Rails & relatives | | Grebes | | Flamingos | | Shorebirds | | Sunbittern, Kagu | | Loons | | Penguins | | Tubenoses | | Storks | | Gannets, Cormorants & relatives | | Pelicans, Ibises, Herons & relatives | | Hoatzin | | Birds of Prey | | Owls | | Mousebirds | | Cuckoo roller | | Trogons | | Hornbills, Hoopoes, Wood hoopoes | | Rollers, Kingfishers, Bee-eaters & relatives | | Woodpeckers and Relatives | | Seriemas | | Falcons, Caracaras | | Parrots | | Perching birds (Songbirds) | | | Broadbills | | | African and Green Broadbills | | | Pittas | | | Ovenbirds | | | Woodcreepers | | | Typical Antbirds | | | Antthrushes | | | Antpitta | | | Gnateaters | | | Tapaculos | | | Tyrant-flycatchers | | | Cotingas | | | Manakins | | | Tityras, Becards, Sharpbill | | | Lyrebirds | | | Bowerbirds | | | Australasian Treecreeper | | | Australasian Wrens (Fairy-wrens) | | | Honeyeaters | | | Australasian Warblers | | | Satinbirds | | | New Zealand wattlebirds | | | Stitchbird | | | Whipbirds, Wedgebills | | | Jewel-babblers, Quail-thrushes | | | Batises, Wattle-eyes | | | Bush-shrikes | | | Vangas | | | Helmetshrikes | | | Woodswallows | | | Butcherbirds | | | Ioras | | | Cuckoo-shrikes | | | Whiteheads | | | Australo-Papuan Bellbirds | | | Whistlers | | | Shrikes | | | Vireos | | | Shrike-babbler | | | Orioles | | | Drongos | | | Fantails | | | Monarchs | | | Jayshrike | | | Crows, Jays | | | Australian mudnesters | | | Birds-of-paradise | | | Australasian Robins | | | Rockfowl | | | Waxwings | | | Silky-flycatchers | | | Hypocolius | | | Tits, Chickadees | | | Penduline-tits | | | Bearded Reedling | | | Larks | | | Bulbuls | | | Swallows, Martins | | | Cettia Bush Warblers & Allies | | | Hylias | | | Bushtits | | | Leaf Warblers & Allies | | | Reed Warblers & Allies | | | Grasshopper-warblers, Grassbirds | | | Donacobius | | | Madagascan Warblers | | | Cisticolas & Allies | | | Sylviid Babblers | | | Parrotbills & Allies | | | White-eyes | | | Babblers, Scimitar Babblers | | | Ground Babblers | | | Fulvettas | | | Laughingthrushes & Allies | | | Sugarbirds | | | Fairy-Bluebirds | | | Goldcrests, Kinglets | | | Wrens | | | Nuthatches | | | Wallcreeper | | | Treecreepers | | | Mockingbirds, Thrashers | | | Starlings | | | Oxpeckers | | | Thrushes | | | Robins, Chats | | | African Robins | | | Scrub-Robins, Magpie-Robins, Shamas | | | Old World Flycatchers | | | Blue Flycatchers | | | Dippers | | | Leafbirds | | | Flowerpeckers | | | Sunbirds | | | Old World Sparrows | | | Weavers, Widowbirds | | | Waxbills, Munias & Allies | | | Whydahs, Indigobirds | | | Accentors | | | Pipits, Wagtails | | | Chaffinches | | | Canaries, Siskins, Bullfinches & Allies | | | Euphonias, Chlorophonias | | | Hawaiian Honeycreepers | | | Longspurs, Snow Buntings | | | Buntings | | | New World Sparrows | | | Hispaniolan Tanagers | | | Spindalises | | | Yellow-breasted Chat | | | Oropendolas, Orioles, Blackbirds | | | New World Warblers | | | Mitrospingid Tanagers | | | Cardinals & Allies | | | Tanagers & Allies |
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| Abyssinian Red-billed firefinch | African firefinch
(no subspecific status) NA | African Firefinch
(Subspecies polionota) | | African quailfinch EU | | African silverbill EU ,nEU,NA | Australian zebra finch
(Chestnut-eared finch) EU ,nEU,AS,AU,SA,NA | | Bar-breasted firefinch | | Beautiful firetail | Bengalese munia
(Himalayan white-backed munia) | Bicoloured mannikin
(Black-and-white mannikin) | Bioko munia
(Bioko mannikin) EU | | Black munia | Black-and-white munia
(No Subspecific status) EU ,NA | Black-bellied firefinch
(No Subspecific status) | | Black-bellied seedcracker | Black-breasted mannikin
(Grand Valley mannikin) | | Black-crowned waxbill | Black-faced firefinch
(Black-throated firefinch)
(No Subspecific status) | | Black-faced munia EU | | Black-faced quailfinch EU | Black-faced waxbill
(Black-cheeked waxbill)
(No Subspecific status) | Black-headed munia
(no species or subspecies status) nEU | | Black-headed waxbill | | Black-ringed finch | | Black-rumped waxbill EU ,nEU,NA | Black-tailed waxbill
(No Subspecific status) | | Black-throated finch EU ,nEU,NA,AU | Blue waxbill
(Blue-breasted cordonbleu)
(No Subspecific status) AF,AU | Blue-capped cordonbleu
(Blue-headed waxbill) EU ,nEU,NA | Blue-faced parrotfinch
(No Subspecific status) EU ,nEU | Bronze mannikin
(Bronze munia)
(No Subspecific status) | Bronze mannikin
(Nominate subspecies) | Bronze mannikin
(Subspecies scutata) | Brown twinspot
(Monteiro`s twinspot) | | Brown-headed munia EU | | Buff-bellied mannikin | | Central African green-winged pytilia | Chestnut munia
(Nominate subspecies) | Chestnut munia
(Southern black-headed munia)
(No Subspecific status) AU | | Chestnut-breasted mannikin | Chestnut-breasted mannikin
(Subspecies sharpii) | Chestnut-breasted munia
(No Subspecific status) nEU,EU ,NA,AU | | Chestnut-breasted negrofinch | | Chinese scaly-breasted munia | | Chinese sharp-tailed mannikin | | Cinderella waxbill | Common waxbill
(Nominate subspecies) SA | Common waxbill
(St. Helena waxbill)
(no subspecies-status) EU ,nEU,NA | | Congo firefinch | | Crimson finch EU ,AU | | Crimson seedcracker | Crimson-rumped waxbill
(no subspecies status) | Crimson-rumped waxbill
(Nominate subspecies) | Cut-throat finch
(No Subspecific status) nEU,EU ,NA | Cut-throat Finch
(Nominate subspecies) | Cut-throat Finch
(Subspecies alexanderi) | | Diamond firetail EU ,nEU,AS,NA,AU | Double-banded finch
(Nominate subspecies) EU | Double-barred finch
(No Subspecific status) EU ,nEU,AS,NA,AU | | Dusky munia EU | | Dybowski's twinspot | East African melba finch
(East-african green-winged pytilia) | Eastern Orange-breasted waxbill
(Eastern zebra waxbill) EU | | Fawn-breasted waxbill | | Fiji Parrotfinch EU | | Five-colored munia | | Gabon bluebill | | Gabon waxbill | | Gouldian finch nEU,EU ,AU,AS,NA,SA | Grand mannikin
(Great-billed mannikin) | Green avadavat
(Green munia) | Green twinspot
(Green-backed twinspot)
(No Subspecific status) EU ,nEU,AS | Green twinspot
(Nominate subspecies) | Green-faced parrotfinch
(Manila parrotfinch) | Grey firefinch
(Black-throated firefinch) | | Grey-crowned munia EU | | Grey-headed munia | | Grey-headed negrofinch | Grey-headed oliveback
(White-cheeked oliveback) EU | | Grey-headed silverbill | | Grote`s Melba finch | | Guinea waxbill | | Guinean quailfinch EU | | Halmahera blue-faced parrotfinch NA | | Hooded munia | | Indian red avadavat | | Indian scaly-breasted munia EU | Indian Silverbill
(White-throated munia) EU ,nEU,AS | | Indian white-backed munia | | Indochinese red avadavat | | Jameson's firefinch | | Java sparrow EU ,nEU,AS,SA,AU,NA | | Javan munia EU | | Javan scaly-breasted munia | | Kandt's Waxbill | | Kenya Black-faced waxbill | | Lavender waxbill EU ,NA | Long-tailed Finch
(No Subspecific status) nEU,EU ,NA,AS,AU | | Luzon Chestnut munia | Madagascar munia
(Madagascar bilbfinch)
(Madagascar mannikin) EU | | Magpie mannikin NA | | Malaysian Chestnut munia | | Mali firefinch | Marsabit green twinspot
(Marsabit Green-backed twinspot) | | Masai waxbill | | Masked finch nEU,EU ,AU | Melba finch
(Green-winged pytilia)
(no subspecific status) | Melba finch
(Green-winged pytilia)
(Nominate subspecies) | | Mombasa waxbill | Natal black-tailed waxbill
(Natal lavender waxbill) | New Guinea blue-faced parrotfinch
(Australian blue-faced parrotfinch) | | Nigeria black-bellied firefinch | | Nyasa blue-breasted cordonbleu | | Nyasa firefinch | Orange-breasted waxbill
(Zebra waxbill)
(Gold-breasted waxbill)
(No Subspecific status) EU ,nEU,AS,NA,AU | | Orange-cheeked waxbill EU ,nEU,NA | Orange-winged pytilia
(Golden-backed pytilia) | | Painted firetail EU ,nEU | | Pale-headed munia | Papuan parrotfinch
(Large-tailed parrotfinch) | | Philippine scaly-breasted munia | | Pictorella munia | | Pin-tailed Parrotfinch AS | | Pink-spotted twinspot | Plum-headed finch
(Cherry finch) EU ,nEU,NA | Purple grenadier
(Purple-bellied waxbill) EU ,NA | Red avadavat
(No Subspecific status) nEU,EU ,AS,NA | Red-backed mannikin
(Brown-backed munia) | Red-billed firefinch
(Senegal firefinch)
(no subspecific status) EU ,NA | Red-billed firefinch
(Senegal firefinch)
(Nominate subspecies) | Red-billed Long-tailed Finch
(Heck's Long-tailed Finch) EU ,nEU,AS,NA | Red-billed pytilia
(Ethiopian pytilia)
(Lineated pytilia) | | Red-browed firetail EU ,AU | | Red-cheeked cordon-bleu EU ,nEU,NA | | Red-eared firetail | | Red-eared parrotfinch EU | Red-faced crimson-wing
(Nominate subspecies) | Red-faced crimson-wing
(subspecies australis) | Red-faced crimsonwing
(Reichenow's crimsonwing)
(no subspecies-status) | Red-headed bluebill
(Red-headed forest weaver) | | Red-headed finch nEU,EU | | Red-headed parrotfinch | Red-rumped waxbill
(Black-cheeked waxbill) | | Red-throated parrotfinch EU ,nEU,AU,AS,NA | Red-throated twinspot
(Peters's twinspot) | Red-winged pytilia
(Crimson-winged pytilia)
(Aurora finch) nEU | | Royal parrotfinch | Salvadori's Crimsonwing
(Abyssinian Crimsonwing)
(Ethiopian Crimsonwing) | | Scaly-breasted munia EU ,nEU,NA | | South African firefinch | | South African quail finch | | Southern Black-faced waxbill | Southern Orange-breasted waxbill
(Southern zebra waxbill) | | Southern red-billed firefinch | Star finch
(Nominate subspecies) AU | Star finch
(Red-faced finch)
(No Subspecific status) EU ,AS,nEU,NA,AU | Star finch
(Subspecies clarescens) | | Streak-headed munia | | Sudan green-winged pytilia | | Sumatran scaly-breasted munia | Sunda zebra finch
(Timor zebra finch) EU ,AS,nEU,NA | Swee waxbill
(Black-faced swee waxbill) | | Tawny-breasted Parrotfinch | Timor sparrow
(Brown Ricebird) EU | Tricolor parrotfinch
(Sunda parrotfinch) nEU,EU ,NA | Tricoloured munia
(subspecies malacca) | | Uganda crimson-rumped waxbill | | Uganda red-billed firefinch nEU,EU | | Vanuatu Blue-faced parrotfinch | | Vinaceous firefinch | Violet-eared waxbill
(Common grenadier) | West African green twinspot
(West African green-backed twinspot) AS | Western bluebill
(No Subspecific status) EU | Western bluebill
(Nominate subspecies) | | Western melba finch | Western Orange-breasted waxbill
(Western zebra waxbill) | White-bellied munia
(White-bellied mannikin) | | White-breasted negrofinch | | White-capped munia | | White-headed munia EU ,nEU,AU | White-rumped munia
(no subspecific status) EU | | White-spotted munia | Yellow-bellied swee
(Yellow-bellied waxbill) | | Yellow-billed Long-tailed Finch EU ,AU | Yellow-rumped munia
(Yellow-rumped munia) AU | Yellow-winged pytilia
(Red-faced pytilia) EU ,nEU,NA | | Zambesi waxbill | Zebra finch
(No species or subspecies status) EU ,AS,NA,AU | |
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Melba finch
(Green-winged pytilia)
(no subspecific status)
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Pytilia melba
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Photo by: F. Spangenberg (Bild zeigt Weibchen) | | | Additional images here: www.biolib.cz |
| | Number of Subspecies: | 08 | | Information Source for Taxonomy: | Nicolai, Jürgen et al. (2007): "Prachtfinken. Afrika" 1. Auflage; Eugen Ulmer KG
| | Tail length: | 4,5 - 5,3 cm | | Body length: | 12 - 13 cm | | Weight: | 10 - 18,4 g | | IUCN status: | LC (Least Concern)
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