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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, parrotfinches and waxbills.
The Gouldian finch was described by British ornithologist John Gould in 1844 as Amadina gouldiae, [3] in honour of his deceased wife Elizabeth. [4] [5] Specimens of the bird were sent to him by British naturalist Benjamin Bynoe, although they had been described some years before by French naturalists Jacques Bernard Hombron and Honoré Jacquinot. [6]
Parrotfinches are small, colourful passerine birds belonging to the genus Erythrura in the family Estrildidae, the estrildid finches. They occur from Southeast Asia to northeastern Australia, Melanesia and Samoa. They inhabit forest, bamboo thickets and grassland and some can be found in man-made habitats such as farmland, parks and gardens.
The adult has a stubby silver-blue bill, finely vermiculated light-brown upper parts, whitish underparts, black rump and black wings. The sexes are similar, but immatures lack the vermiculations. This species has a tseep call and a trilling song. The contact call of the male is a single tseep while the female is a double noted tsiptsip.
The blue-faced parrotfinch (Erythrura trichroa) is a locally common species of estrildid finch found in north-eastern Australia, eastern Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and New Caledonia, with an introduced population in Palau. [1] It has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 10,000,000 km 2.
Blue Jays are beautiful, yet squawky birds that live mostly in the eastern and central U.S. They are lovers of acorns, seeds and nuts (mine especially love peanuts!), and are known to catch the ...
Although blue jays are not specifically mentioned in the Bible, their meaning can be tied to biblical ideologies. For instance, with their booming calls, one might believe that seeing blue jays is ...
The blue waxbill mainly eats grass seeds, which are taken from the inflorescences. This is supplemented with termites and other insects. They have also been recorded eating the fallen fruits of Boscia albitrunca. [9] They are normally seen in pairs or family parties, but do form larger flocks which often mix in with flocks of other estrildid ...