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Estrildidae  Bonaparte, 1850
Taxonomic Serial No.: 179604

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Family  
  Synonym(s): Estrildinae
 
  Common Name(s): Waxbills [English]
  
    Munias [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2013   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassAves  – Birds, oiseaux  
                         OrderPasseriformes  – Perching Birds, passereaux  
                            FamilyEstrildidae Bonaparte, 1850 – Waxbills, Munias  
    Direct Children:  
                               GenusAmadina Swainson, 1827  
                               GenusAmandava Blyth, 1836 – Avadavats 
                               GenusClytospiza Shelley, 1896  
                               GenusCoccopygia Reichenbach, 1862  
                               GenusCryptospiza Salvadori, 1884  
                               GenusEmblema Gould, 1842  
                               GenusErythrura Swainson, 1837 – Parrot-Finches 
                               GenusEstrilda Swainson, 1827 – Waxbills 
                               GenusEuodice Reichenbach, 1862  
                               GenusEuschistospiza Wolters, 1943  
                               GenusHeteromunia Mathews, 1913  
                               GenusHypargos Reichenbach, 1862  
                               GenusLagonosticta Cabanis, 1851  
                               GenusLemuresthes Wolters, 1949  
                               GenusLonchura Sykes, 1832 – Mannikins 
                               GenusMandingoa Hartert, 1919  
                               GenusNeochmia G. R. Gray, 1849  
                               GenusNesocharis Alexander, 1903  
                               GenusNigrita Strickland, 1843  
                               GenusOdontospiza Oberholser, 1905  
                               GenusOreostruthus De Vis, 1898  
                               GenusOrtygospiza Sundevall, 1850  
                               GenusPaludipasser Neave, 1909  
                               GenusParmoptila Cassin, 1859  
                               GenusPoephila Gould, 1842  
                               GenusPyrenestes Swainson, 1837  
                               GenusPytilia Swainson, 1837  
                               GenusSpermophaga Swainson, 1837  
                               GenusStagonopleura Reichenbach, 1850  
                               GenusTaeniopygia Reichenbach, 1862  
                               GenusUraeginthus Cabanis, 1851 – Cordonbleus 
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Richard C. Banks   
  Notes: Chief, Bird Section, U.S.G.S. - B.R.D. - P.W.R.C.   
  Reference for: Estrildidae    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: IOC World Bird List, v 3.1, website (version 3.1)  
  Acquired: 2012   
  Notes: Gill, F., and D. Donsker, eds. 2012. IOC World Bird List (v 3.1). Available at http://www.worldbirdnames.org [Accessed 18 May 2012]   
  Reference for: Munias[English], Waxbills [English]   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Estrildidae   
       
  Source: Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource, 2011.10.16, website (version 16-Oct-11)  
  Acquired: 2012   
  Notes: "Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource" maintained by Alan P. Peterson at http://www.zoonomen.net   
  Reference for: Estrildidae   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes   
  Publication Date: 2003   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada   
  Page(s):    
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  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes: As-yet (2003) unpublished manuscript from 1998   
  Reference for: Estrildidae   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner   
  Publication Date: 1987   
  Article/Chapter Title: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Resource Publication, no. 166   
  Page(s): 79   
  Publisher: United States Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service   
  Publication Place: Washington, D.C., USA   
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  Notes:    
  Reference for: Estrildidae   
       

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