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This list is based on the IOC WorldBirdNames classification ver 2.10 (2011)

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1. Woodhouse’s Antpecker   Parmoptila woodhousei
2. Red-fronted Antpecker   Parmoptila rubrifrons
3. Jameson’s Antpecker   Parmoptila jamesoni
4. White-breasted Nigrita   Nigrita fusconotus
5. Chestnut-breasted Nigrita   Nigrita bicolor
6. Pale-fronted Nigrita   Nigrita luteifrons
7. Grey-headed Nigrita   Nigrita canicapillus
8. Shelley’s Oliveback   Nesocharis shelleyi
9. White-collared Oliveback   Nesocharis ansorgei
10. Grey-headed Oliveback   Nesocharis capistrata
11. Red-billed Pytilia   Pytilia lineata
12. Red-winged Pytilia   Pytilia phoenicoptera
13. Yellow-winged Pytilia   Pytilia hypogrammica
14. Orange-winged Pytilia   Pytilia afra
15. Green-winged Pytilia   Pytilia melba
16. Red-headed Finch   Amadina erythrocephala
17. Cut-throat Finch   Amadina fasciata
18. Green Twinspot   Mandingoa nitidula
19. Red-faced Crimsonwing   Cryptospiza reichenovii
20. Abyssinian Crimsonwing   Cryptospiza salvadorii
21. Dusky Crimsonwing   Cryptospiza jacksoni
22. Shelley’s Crimsonwing   Cryptospiza shelleyi
23. Black-bellied Seedcracker   Pyrenestes ostrinus
24. Crimson Seedcracker   Pyrenestes sanguineus
25. Lesser Seedcracker   Pyrenestes minor
26. Grant’s Bluebill   Spermophaga poliogenys
27. Western Bluebill   Spermophaga haematina
28. Red-headed Bluebill   Spermophaga ruficapilla
29. Brown Twinspot   Clytospiza monteiri
30. Pink-throated Twinspot   Hypargos margaritatus
31. Red-throated Twinspot   Hypargos niveoguttatus
32. Dybowski’s Twinspot   Euschistospiza dybowskii
33. Dusky Twinspot   Euschistospiza cinereovinacea
34. Black-bellied Firefinch   Lagonosticta rara
35. Bar-breasted Firefinch   Lagonosticta rufopicta
36. Brown Firefinch   Lagonosticta nitidula
37. Red-billed Firefinch   Lagonosticta senegala
38. Rock Firefinch   Lagonosticta sanguinodorsalis
39. Chad Firefinch   Lagonosticta umbrinodorsalis
40. Mali Firefinch   Lagonosticta virata
41. African Firefinch   Lagonosticta rubricata
42. Landana Firefinch   Lagonosticta landanae
43. Jameson’s Firefinch   Lagonosticta rhodopareia
44. Black-faced Firefinch   Lagonosticta larvata
45. Blue Waxbill   Uraeginthus angolensis
46. Red-cheeked Cordon-bleu   Uraeginthus bengalus
47. Blue-capped Cordon-bleu   Uraeginthus cyanocephalus
48. Violet-eared Waxbill   Uraeginthus granatinus
49. Purple Grenadier   Uraeginthus ianthinogaster
50. Yellow-bellied Waxbill   Coccopygia quartinia
51. Swee Waxbill   Coccopygia melanotis
52. Angolan Waxbill   Coccopygia bocagei
53. Lavender Waxbill   Estrilda caerulescens
54. Grey Waxbill   Estrilda perreini
55. Cinderella Waxbill   Estrilda thomensis
56. Anambra Waxbill   Estrilda poliopareia
57. Fawn-breasted Waxbill   Estrilda paludicola
58. Abyssinian Waxbill   Estrilda ochrogaster
59. Orange-cheeked Waxbill   Estrilda melpoda
60. Crimson-rumped Waxbill   Estrilda rhodopyga
61. Arabian Waxbill   Estrilda rufibarba
62. Black-rumped Waxbill   Estrilda troglodytes
63. Common Waxbill   Estrilda astrild
64. Black-lored Waxbill   Estrilda nigriloris
65. Black-crowned Waxbill   Estrilda nonnula
66. Black-headed Waxbill   Estrilda atricapilla
67. Kandt’s Waxbill   Estrilda kandti
68. Black-faced Waxbill   Estrilda erythronotos
69. Black-cheeked Waxbill   Estrilda charmosyna
70. Red Avadavat   Amandava amandava
71. Green Avadavat   Amandava formosa
72. Orange-breasted Waxbill   Amandava subflava
73. Black-faced Quailfinch   Ortygospiza atricollis
74. African Quailfinch   Ortygospiza fuscocrissa
75. Black-chinned Quailfinch   Ortygospiza gabonensis
76. Locust Finch   Paludipasser locustella
77. Painted Finch   Emblema pictum
78. Beautiful Firetail   Stagonopleura bella
79. Red-eared Firetail   Stagonopleura oculata
80. Diamond Firetail   Stagonopleura guttata
81. Mountain Firetail   Oreostruthus fuliginosus
82. Red-browed Finch   Neochmia temporalis
83. Crimson Finch   Neochmia phaeton
84. Star Finch   Neochmia ruficauda
85. Plum-headed Finch   Neochmia modesta
86. Masked Finch   Poephila personata
87. Long-tailed Finch   Poephila acuticauda
88. Black-throated Finch   Poephila cincta
89. Zebra Finch   Taeniopygia guttata
90. Double-barred Finch   Taeniopygia bichenovii
91. Tawny-breasted Parrotfinch   Erythrura hyperythra
92. Pin-tailed Parrotfinch   Erythrura prasina
93. Green-faced Parrotfinch   Erythrura viridifacies
94. Tricolored Parrotfinch   Erythrura tricolor
95. Red-eared Parrotfinch   Erythrura coloria
96. Blue-faced Parrotfinch   Erythrura trichroa
97. Papuan Parrotfinch   Erythrura papuana
98. Red-throated Parrotfinch   Erythrura psittacea
99. Red-headed Parrotfinch   Erythrura cyaneovirens
100. Royal Parrotfinch   Erythrura regia
101. Fiji Parrotfinch   Erythrura pealii
102. Pink-billed Parrotfinch   Erythrura kleinschmidti
103. Gouldian Finch   Erythrura gouldiae
104. Madagascar Mannikin   Lemuresthes nana
105. African Silverbill   Euodice cantans
106. Indian Silverbill   Euodice malabarica
107. Grey-headed Silverbill   Odontospiza caniceps
108. Bronze Mannikin   Lonchura cucullata
109. Black-and-white Mannikin   Lonchura bicolor
110. Red-backed Mannikin   Lonchura nigriceps
111. Magpie Mannikin   Lonchura fringilloides
112. White-rumped Munia   Lonchura striata
113. Javan Munia   Lonchura leucogastroides
114. Dusky Munia   Lonchura fuscans
115. Black-faced Munia   Lonchura molucca
116. Scaly-breasted Munia   Lonchura punctulata
117. Black-throated Munia   Lonchura kelaarti
118. White-bellied Munia   Lonchura leucogastra
119. Streak-headed Mannikin   Lonchura tristissima
120. White-spotted Mannikin   Lonchura leucosticta
121. Five-colored Munia   Lonchura quinticolor
122. Tricolored Munia   Lonchura malacca
123. White-capped Munia   Lonchura ferruginosa
124. Chestnut Munia   Lonchura atricapilla
125. White-headed Munia   Lonchura maja
126. Pale-headed Munia   Lonchura pallida
127. Great-billed Mannikin   Lonchura grandis
128. Grey-banded Mannikin   Lonchura vana
129. Grey-headed Mannikin   Lonchura caniceps
130. Grey-crowned Mannikin   Lonchura nevermanni
131. Hooded Mannikin   Lonchura spectabilis
132. Forbes’s Mannikin   Lonchura forbesi
133. Hunstein’s Mannikin   Lonchura hunsteini
134. Yellow-rumped Mannikin   Lonchura flaviprymna
135. Chestnut-breasted Mannikin   Lonchura castaneothorax
136. Black Mannikin   Lonchura stygia
137. Black-breasted Mannikin   Lonchura teerinki
138. Eastern Alpine Mannikin   Lonchura monticola
139. Western Alpine Mannikin   Lonchura montana
140. Buff-bellied Mannikin   Lonchura melaena
141. Timor Sparrow   Lonchura fuscata
142. Java Sparrow   Lonchura oryzivora
143. Pictorella Mannikin   Heteromunia pectoralis