Bird Families of the World

Order: Passeriformes (part 7)

145 families, 6704 species (53 extinct)

Passeriformes Family Groups on this page:

  • Passeroid Oscines (part 1), 16 families (of 31) 877 species  (18 extinct)

Family #223

Sugarbirds (Promeropidae)

  • Species: 2
  • Distribution: Afrotropical endemic (South Africa)
  • IOC family #209, HBW family #214, H&M family #172 (Sugarbirds and allies)
  • Passeriformes Family Group: Passeroid Oscines
  • wf253 status: 56% members ticked
  • OH: 1 seen and  photographed, first seen in South Africa 2014
  • Finding hints
Gurney’s SugarbirdPromerops gurneyi 
Cape SugarbirdPromerops cafer..

Cape Sugarbird, South Africa 2014

Family #224

Dapple-throat and Allies (Modulatricidae)

  • Species: 3
  • Distribution: Afrotropical endemic
  • IOC family #208, HBW family #215, H&M family #172 (Sugarbirds and allies)
  • Passeriformes Family Group: Passeroid Oscines
  • wf253 status: 25% members ticked
  • OH: 1 seen and  photographed, first seen in Tanzania 2021
  • Finding Hints
Spot-throat Modulatrix stictigula  ..
Dapple-throat Arcanator orostruthus  
Gray-chested Babbler Kakamega poliothorax  

Spot-throat, Tanzania 2021

Family #225

Flowerpeckers (Dicaeidae)

  • Species: 56
  • Distribution: Australasia,  Indomalaya
  • IOC family #226, HBW family #218, H&M family #173
  • Passeriformes Family Group: Passeroid Oscines
  • wf253 status: 76% members ticked
  • OH: 13 seen, 9  photographed, first seen in Thailand 2012
Yellow-breasted FlowerpeckerPrionochilus maculatus 
Crimson-breasted FlowerpeckerPrionochilus percussus 
Palawan FlowerpeckerPrionochilus plateni 
Yellow-rumped FlowerpeckerPrionochilus xanthopygius..
Scarlet-breasted FlowerpeckerPrionochilus thoracicus 
Olive-backed FlowerpeckerPachyglossa olivacea 
Thick-billed FlowerpeckerPachyglossa agilis 
Brown-backed FlowerpeckerPachyglossa everetti 
Whiskered FlowerpeckerPachyglossa propria 
Yellow-vented FlowerpeckerPachyglossa chrysorrhea..
Yellow-bellied FlowerpeckerPachyglossa melanozantha 
White-throated FlowerpeckerPachyglossa vincens 
Spectacled FlowerpeckerDicaeum dayakorum 
Golden-rumped FlowerpeckerDicaeum annae 
Yellow-sided FlowerpeckerDicaeum aureolimbatum.
Olive-capped FlowerpeckerDicaeum nigrilore 
Yellow-crowned FlowerpeckerDicaeum anthonyi 
Flame-crowned FlowerpeckerDicaeum kampalili 
Bicolored FlowerpeckerDicaeum bicolor 
Cebu FlowerpeckerDicaeum quadricolor 
Red-keeled FlowerpeckerDicaeum australe 
Black-belted FlowerpeckerDicaeum haematostictum 
Scarlet-collared FlowerpeckerDicaeum retrocinctum 
Orange-bellied FlowerpeckerDicaeum trigonostigma..
Buzzing FlowerpeckerDicaeum hypoleucum 
Pale-billed FlowerpeckerDicaeum erythrorhynchos 
Nilgiri FlowerpeckerDicaeum concolor 
Plain FlowerpeckerDicaeum minullum.
Andaman FlowerpeckerDicaeum virescens 
Pygmy FlowerpeckerDicaeum pygmaeum 
Crimson-crowned FlowerpeckerDicaeum nehrkorni.
Halmahera FlowerpeckerDicaeum schistaceiceps 
Buru FlowerpeckerDicaeum erythrothorax 
Ashy FlowerpeckerDicaeum vulneratum 
Olive-crowned FlowerpeckerDicaeum pectorale 
Red-capped FlowerpeckerDicaeum geelvinkianum..
Louisiade FlowerpeckerDicaeum nitidum 
Red-banded FlowerpeckerDicaeum eximium 
Midget FlowerpeckerDicaeum aeneum 
Mottled FlowerpeckerDicaeum tristrami 
Black-fronted FlowerpeckerDicaeum igniferum 
Red-chested FlowerpeckerDicaeum maugei 
Fire-breasted FlowerpeckerDicaeum ignipectus.
Cambodian FlowerpeckerDicaeum cambodianum..
Fire-throated FlowerpeckerDicaeum luzoniense 
Sumatran FlowerpeckerDicaeum beccarii 
Black-sided FlowerpeckerDicaeum monticolum..
Gray-sided FlowerpeckerDicaeum celebicum..
Javan FlowerpeckerDicaeum sanguinolentum 
Flores FlowerpeckerDicaeum rhodopygiale 
Sumba FlowerpeckerDicaeum wilhelminae 
Timor FlowerpeckerDicaeum hanieli 
Pink-breasted FlowerpeckerDicaeum keiense 
MistletoebirdDicaeum hirundinaceum..
Scarlet-backed FlowerpeckerDicaeum cruentatum..
Scarlet-headed FlowerpeckerDicaeum trochileum 

1 Mistletoebird, Australia; 2 Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker, Thailand; 3 Yellow-vented Flowerpecker, Thailand; 4 Red-capped Flowerpecker, Papua New Guinea; 5 Fire-breasted Flowerpecker, Thailand

Family #226

Sunbirds and Spiderhunters (Nectariniidae)

  • Species: 151
  • Distribution: Afrotropic,  Australasia, Indomalaya, Palearctic
  • IOC family #227 (Sunbirds), HBW family #219 (Sunbirds), H&M family #174 (Sunbirds)
  • Passeriformes Family Group: Passeroid Oscines
  • wf253 status: 92% members ticked
  • OH: 60 seen, 40  photographed, first seen in Israel 1976
Ruby-cheeked SunbirdChalcoparia singalensis.
Fraser’s SunbirdDeleornis fraseri.
Gray-headed SunbirdDeleornis axillaris.
Plain-backed SunbirdAnthreptes reichenowi 
Anchieta’s SunbirdAnthreptes anchietae 
Plain SunbirdAnthreptes simplex.
Brown-throated SunbirdAnthreptes malacensis.
Gray-throated SunbirdAnthreptes griseigularis 
Red-throated SunbirdAnthreptes rhodolaemus..
Mouse-brown SunbirdAnthreptes gabonicus 
Western Violet-backed SunbirdAnthreptes longuemarei 
Eastern Violet-backed SunbirdAnthreptes orientalis..
Uluguru Violet-backed SunbirdAnthreptes neglectus..
Violet-tailed SunbirdAnthreptes aurantius 
Little Green SunbirdAnthreptes seimundi.
Yellow-chinned SunbirdAnthreptes rectirostris.
Gray-chinned SunbirdAnthreptes tephrolaemus..
Banded SunbirdAnthreptes rubritorques.
Collared SunbirdHedydipna collaris..
Pygmy SunbirdHedydipna platura 
Nile Valley SunbirdHedydipna metallica 
Amani SunbirdHedydipna pallidigaster.
Reichenbach’s SunbirdAnabathmis reichenbachii 
Principe SunbirdAnabathmis hartlaubii 
Newton’s SunbirdAnabathmis newtonii 
Sao Tome SunbirdDreptes thomensis 
Orange-breasted SunbirdAnthobaphes violacea..
Green-headed SunbirdCyanomitra verticalis..
Bannerman’s SunbirdCyanomitra bannermani 
Blue-throated Brown SunbirdCyanomitra cyanolaema.
Cameroon SunbirdCyanomitra oritis 
Blue-headed SunbirdCyanomitra alinae..
Olive SunbirdCyanomitra olivacea.
Mouse-colored SunbirdCyanomitra veroxii 
Buff-throated SunbirdChalcomitra adelberti 
Carmelite SunbirdChalcomitra fuliginosa 
Green-throated SunbirdChalcomitra rubescens..
Amethyst SunbirdChalcomitra amethystina.
Scarlet-chested SunbirdChalcomitra senegalensis..
Hunter’s SunbirdChalcomitra hunteri..
Socotra SunbirdChalcomitra balfouri 
Purple-rumped SunbirdLeptocoma zeylonica 
Crimson-backed SunbirdLeptocoma minima 
Van Hasselt’s SunbirdLeptocoma brasiliana.
Purple-throated SunbirdLeptocoma sperata 
Black SunbirdLeptocoma aspasia..
Copper-throated SunbirdLeptocoma calcostetha 
Bocage’s SunbirdNectarinia bocagii 
Purple-breasted SunbirdNectarinia purpureiventris 
Tacazze SunbirdNectarinia tacazze..
Bronze SunbirdNectarinia kilimensis..
Malachite SunbirdNectarinia famosa..
Red-tufted SunbirdNectarinia johnstoni 
Golden-winged SunbirdDrepanorhynchus reichenowi 
Olive-bellied SunbirdCinnyris chloropygius..
Tiny SunbirdCinnyris minullus 
Western Miombo SunbirdCinnyris gertrudis 
Eastern Miombo SunbirdCinnyris manoensis 
Southern Double-collared SunbirdCinnyris chalybeus..
Neergaard’s SunbirdCinnyris neergaardi 
Stuhlmann’s SunbirdCinnyris stuhlmanni 
Prigogine’s SunbirdCinnyris prigoginei 
Montane Double-collared SunbirdCinnyris ludovicensis 
Northern Double-collared SunbirdCinnyris reichenowi..
Greater Double-collared SunbirdCinnyris afer 
Regal SunbirdCinnyris regius..
Rockefeller’s SunbirdCinnyris rockefelleri 
Eastern Double-collared SunbirdCinnyris mediocris.
Usambara Double-collared SunbirdCinnyris usambaricus..
Forest Double-collared SunbirdCinnyris fuelleborni 
Moreau’s SunbirdCinnyris moreaui 
Loveridge’s SunbirdCinnyris loveridgei 
Beautiful SunbirdCinnyris pulchellus..
Gorgeous SunbirdCinnyris melanogastrus.
Marico SunbirdCinnyris mariquensis 
Shelley’s SunbirdCinnyris shelleyi 
Congo SunbirdCinnyris congensis 
Red-chested SunbirdCinnyris erythrocercus..
Black-bellied SunbirdCinnyris nectarinioides 
Purple-banded SunbirdCinnyris bifasciatus..
Tsavo SunbirdCinnyris tsavoensis..
Violet-breasted SunbirdCinnyris chalcomelas 
Pemba SunbirdCinnyris pembae 
Orange-tufted SunbirdCinnyris bouvieri 
Palestine SunbirdCinnyris osea..
Abyssinian SunbirdCinnyris habessinicus 
Arabian SunbirdCinnyris hellmayri 
Splendid SunbirdCinnyris coccinigastrus.
Johanna’s SunbirdCinnyris johannae 
Superb SunbirdCinnyris superbus.
Rufous-winged SunbirdCinnyris rufipennis 
Oustalet’s SunbirdCinnyris oustaleti 
White-bellied SunbirdCinnyris talatala..
Variable SunbirdCinnyris venustus..
Dusky SunbirdCinnyris fuscus 
Ursula’s SunbirdCinnyris ursulae 
Bates’s SunbirdCinnyris batesi 
Copper SunbirdCinnyris cupreus..
Purple SunbirdCinnyris asiaticus..
Ornate SunbirdCinnyris ornatus.
Tukangbesi SunbirdCinnyris infrenatus 
Sahul SunbirdCinnyris frenatus..
Garden SunbirdCinnyris jugularis 
Palawan SunbirdCinnyris aurora 
South Moluccan SunbirdCinnyris clementiae 
Flores Sea SunbirdCinnyris teysmanni 
Mamberamo SunbirdCinnyris idenburgi 
Apricot-breasted SunbirdCinnyris buettikoferi 
Flame-breasted SunbirdCinnyris solaris 
Souimanga SunbirdCinnyris sovimanga..
Malagasy SunbirdCinnyris notatus..
Seychelles SunbirdCinnyris dussumieri 
Humblot’s SunbirdCinnyris humbloti 
Anjouan SunbirdCinnyris comorensis 
Mayotte SunbirdCinnyris coquerellii 
Loten’s SunbirdCinnyris lotenius 
Elegant SunbirdAethopyga duyvenbodei 
Fire-tailed SunbirdAethopyga ignicauda.
Black-throated SunbirdAethopyga saturata..
Mrs. Gould’s SunbirdAethopyga gouldiae..
Green-tailed SunbirdAethopyga nipalensis..
Lovely SunbirdAethopyga shelleyi 
Temminck’s SunbirdAethopyga temminckii..
Javan SunbirdAethopyga mystacalis 
Vigors’s SunbirdAethopyga vigorsii 
Crimson SunbirdAethopyga siparaja..
Magnificent SunbirdAethopyga magnifica 
Fork-tailed SunbirdAethopyga christinae 
Handsome SunbirdAethopyga bella 
White-flanked SunbirdAethopyga eximia 
Flaming SunbirdAethopyga flagrans 
Maroon-naped SunbirdAethopyga guimarasensis 
Metallic-winged SunbirdAethopyga pulcherrima 
Lina’s SunbirdAethopyga linaraborae 
Gray-hooded SunbirdAethopyga primigenia 
Apo SunbirdAethopyga boltoni 
Tboli SunbirdAethopyga tibolii 
Purple-naped SpiderhunterKurochkinegramma hypogrammicum..
Thick-billed SpiderhunterArachnothera crassirostris 
Long-billed SpiderhunterArachnothera robusta.
Orange-tufted SpiderhunterArachnothera flammifera 
Pale SpiderhunterArachnothera dilutior 
Little SpiderhunterArachnothera longirostra..
Whitehead’s SpiderhunterArachnothera juliae.
Naked-faced SpiderhunterArachnothera clarae 
Yellow-eared SpiderhunterArachnothera chrysogenys 
Spectacled SpiderhunterArachnothera flavigaster 
Streaked SpiderhunterArachnothera magna..
Streaky-breasted SpiderhunterArachnothera affinis 
Gray-breasted SpiderhunterArachnothera modesta 
Bornean SpiderhunterArachnothera everetti.

1 Palestine Sunbird, Israel; 2 Malachite Sunbird, South Africa; 3 Green-headed Sunbird, Uganda; 4 Northern Double-collared Sunbird, Uganda; 5 Beautiful Sunbird, Ghana; 6 Mrs. Gould’s Sunbird, India; 7 Bronze Sunbird, Tanzania; 8 Orange-breasted Sunbird, South Africa; 9 White-breasted Sunbird, South Africa; 10 Olive-backed Sunbird, Australia; 11 Southern Double-collared Sunbird, South Africa; 12 Green Sunbird, Uganda; 13 Souimanga Sunbird, Madagascar; 14 Collared Sunbird, South Africa; 15 Blue-headed Sunbird, Uganda; 16 Malagasy Green Sunbird, Madagascar; 17 Olive-bellied Sunbird, Ghana; 18 Green-tailed Sunbird, Thailand; 19 Copper Sunbird, Ghana; 20 Eastern Crimson Sunbird, Thailand; 21 Green-throated Sunbird, Uganda; 22 Streaked Spiderhunter, Thailand; 23 Tacazze Sunbird, Ethiopia; 24 Red-chested Sunbird, Uganda; 25 Black-throated Sunbird, Thailand; 26 Regal Sunbird, Uganda; 27 Purple Sunbird, India

28 Tsavo Sunbird, Tanzania; 29 Hunter’s Sunbird, Tanzania; 30 Uluguru Violet-backed Sunbird, Tanzania; 31 Usambara Double-collared Sunbird, Tanzania; 32 Variable Sunbird, Tanzania; 33 Purple-banded Sunbird, Tanzania, 34 Scarlet-chested Sunbird , Tanzania; 35 Eastern Violet-backed Sunbird, Tanzania

Family #227

Fairy-bluebirds (Irenidae)

  • Species: 3
  • Distribution: Indomalaya endemic
  • IOC family #210, HBW family #216, H&M family #175 (Fairy-bluebirds and Leafbirds)
  • Passeriformes Family Group: Passeroid Oscines
  • wf253 status: 65% members ticked
  • OH: 1 seen and  photographed, first seen in Thailand 2012
Asian Fairy-bluebirdIrena puella..
Palawan Fairy-bluebirdIrena tweeddalii 
Philippine Fairy-bluebirdIrena cyanogastra 

Asian Fairy-bluebird, India 2018

Family #228

Leafbirds (Chloropseidae)

  • Species: 12
  • Distribution: Indomalaya endemic
  • IOC family #225, HBW family #217, H&M family #175 (Fairy-bluebirds and Leafbirds)
  • Passeriformes Family Group: Passeroid Oscines
  • wf253 status: 71% members ticked
  • OH: 6 seen, 5 photographed, first seen in Thailand 2012
Philippine LeafbirdChloropsis flavipennis 
Yellow-throated LeafbirdChloropsis palawanensis 
Greater Green LeafbirdChloropsis sonnerati.
Lesser Green LeafbirdChloropsis cyanopogon..
Blue-winged LeafbirdChloropsis moluccensis..
Javan LeafbirdChloropsis cochinchinensis 
Bornean LeafbirdChloropsis kinabaluensis..
Jerdon’s LeafbirdChloropsis jerdoni 
Golden-fronted LeafbirdChloropsis aurifrons..
Sumatran LeafbirdChloropsis media 
Orange-bellied LeafbirdChloropsis hardwickii..
Blue-masked LeafbirdChloropsis venusta 

1 Golden-fronted Leafbird, Thailand; 2 Lesser Green Leafbird, Boreno (MY); 3 Blue-winged Leafbird, Thailand; 4 Bornean Leafbird, Boreno (MY); 5 Orange-bellied Leafbird, Thailand

Family #229

Olive Warbler (Peucedramidae)

  • Species: 1
  • Distribution: Nearctic  endemic (USA, Mexico)
  • IOC family #232, HBW family #221, H&M family #178
  • Passeriformes Family Group: Passeroid Oscines
  • wf253 status: 52% members ticked
  • OH: 1 seen and  photographed, first seen in USA 2017
  • Finding hints
Olive WarblerPeucedramus taeniatus..

Olive Warbler, USA 2017

Family #230

Przevalski's Pinktail (Urocynchramidae)

  • Species: 1
  • Distribution: Palearctic endemic (China)
  • IOC family #235 (Przevalski’s Finch), HBW family #222 (Przevalski’s Rosefinch), H&M family #176 (Przevalski’s Rosefinch)
  • Passeriformes Family Group: Passeroid Oscines
  • wf253 status: 20% members ticked
  • OH: 1 seen and photographed. First seen in China 2024
  • Finding Hints
Przevalski’s PinktailUrocynchramus pylzowi.. 

Family #231

Weavers and Allies (Ploceidae)

  • Species: 123 (1 extinct)
  • Distribution: Afrotropic,  Indomalaya (introduced in other regions)
  • IOC family #229 (Weavers, Widowbirds), HBW family #223 (Weavers), H&M family #179 (Weavers)
  • Passeriformes Family Group: Passeroid Oscines
  • wf253 status: 88% members ticked
  • OH: 61 seen, 42  photographed, first seen in Kenya 1983
White-billed Buffalo-WeaverBubalornis albirostris 
Red-billed Buffalo-WeaverBubalornis niger..
White-headed Buffalo-WeaverDinemellia dinemelli..
Speckle-fronted WeaverSporopipes frontalis..
Scaly WeaverSporopipes squamifrons.
White-browed Sparrow-WeaverPlocepasser mahali..
Chestnut-crowned Sparrow-WeaverPlocepasser superciliosus 
Chestnut-backed Sparrow-WeaverPlocepasser rufoscapulatus 
Donaldson Smith’s Sparrow-WeaverPlocepasser donaldsoni 
Rufous-tailed WeaverHisturgops ruficauda..
Gray-capped Social-WeaverPseudonigrita arnaudi..
Black-capped Social-WeaverPseudonigrita cabanisi 
Sociable WeaverPhiletairus socius 
Red-crowned MalimbeMalimbus coronatus 
Black-throated MalimbeMalimbus cassini 
Gola MalimbeMalimbus ballmanni 
Rachel’s MalimbeMalimbus racheliae 
Red-vented MalimbeMalimbus scutatus 
Ibadan MalimbeMalimbus ibadanensis 
Red-bellied MalimbeMalimbus erythrogaster 
Blue-billed MalimbeMalimbus nitens..
Crested MalimbeMalimbus malimbicus..
Red-headed MalimbeMalimbus rubricollis..
Red-headed WeaverAnaplectes rubriceps..
Red WeaverAnaplectes jubaensis 
Yellow-legged WeaverPloceus flavipes 
Bertram’s WeaverPloceus bertrandi 
Baglafecht WeaverPloceus baglafecht..
Black-chinned WeaverPloceus nigrimentus 
Bannerman’s WeaverPloceus bannermani 
Bates’s WeaverPloceus batesi 
Little WeaverPloceus luteolus.
Slender-billed WeaverPloceus pelzelni..
Loango WeaverPloceus subpersonatus 
Olive-naped WeaverPloceus brachypterus.
Black-necked WeaverPloceus nigricollis..
Spectacled WeaverPloceus ocularis..
Black-billed WeaverPloceus melanogaster 
Strange WeaverPloceus alienus..
Cape WeaverPloceus capensis..
Bocage’s WeaverPloceus temporalis 
African Golden-WeaverPloceus subaureus..
Holub’s Golden-WeaverPloceus xanthops..
Orange WeaverPloceus aurantius..
Golden Palm WeaverPloceus bojeri.
Taveta Golden-WeaverPloceus castaneiceps.
Principe Golden-WeaverPloceus princeps 
Southern Brown-throated WeaverPloceus xanthopterus 
Northern Brown-throated WeaverPloceus castanops.
Kilombero WeaverPloceus burnieri 
Ruvu WeaverPloceus holoxanthus 
Northern Masked-WeaverPloceus taeniopterus.
Lesser Masked-WeaverPloceus intermedius..
Southern Masked-WeaverPloceus velatus..
Vitelline Masked-WeaverPloceus vitellinus..
Tanganyika Masked-WeaverPloceus reichardi 
Katanga Masked-WeaverPloceus katangae 
Lake Lufira Masked-WeaverPloceus ruweti 
Heuglin’s Masked-WeaverPloceus heuglini 
Rüppell’s WeaverPloceus galbula 
Speke’s WeaverPloceus spekei.
Fox’s WeaverPloceus spekeoides 
Chestnut-and-black WeaverPloceus castaneofuscus.
Vieillot’s Black WeaverPloceus nigerrimus..
Village WeaverPloceus cucullatus..
Giant WeaverPloceus grandis 
Weyns’s WeaverPloceus weynsi..
Kilifi WeaverPloceus golandi 
Juba WeaverPloceus dichrocephalus 
Black-headed WeaverPloceus melanocephalus.
Golden-backed WeaverPloceus jacksoni.
Chestnut WeaverPloceus rubiginosus.
Cinnamon WeaverPloceus badius 
Golden-naped WeaverPloceus aureonucha 
Yellow-mantled WeaverPloceus tricolor..
Maxwell’s Black WeaverPloceus albinucha.
Dark-backed WeaverPloceus bicolor 
Brown-capped WeaverPloceus insignis..
Yellow-capped WeaverPloceus dorsomaculatus 
Preuss’s WeaverPloceus preussi.
Olive-headed WeaverPloceus olivaceiceps 
Usambara WeaverPloceus nicolli..
Bar-winged WeaverPloceus angolensis 
Sao Tome WeaverPloceus sanctithomae 
Nelicourvi WeaverPloceus nelicourvi..
Sakalava WeaverPloceus sakalava..
Streaked WeaverPloceus manyar 
Baya WeaverPloceus philippinus.
Asian Golden WeaverPloceus hypoxanthus 
Finn’s WeaverPloceus megarhynchus 
Black-breasted WeaverPloceus benghalensis 
Compact WeaverPachyphantes superciliosus.
Cardinal QueleaQuelea cardinalis.
Red-headed QueleaQuelea erythrops.
Red-billed QueleaQuelea quelea..
Bob-tailed WeaverBrachycope anomala 
Red FodyFoudia madagascariensis..
Aldabra FodyFoudia aldabrana 
Red-headed FodyFoudia eminentissima 
Forest FodyFoudia omissa..
Reunion FodyFoudia delloniexinct
Mauritius FodyFoudia rubra 
Seychelles FodyFoudia sechellarum 
Rodrigues FodyFoudia flavicans 
Northern Red BishopEuplectes franciscanus..
Southern Red BishopEuplectes orix.
Zanzibar Red BishopEuplectes nigroventris 
Black-winged BishopEuplectes hordeaceus..
Black BishopEuplectes gierowii..
Yellow-crowned BishopEuplectes afer..
Fire-fronted BishopEuplectes diadematus 
Golden-backed BishopEuplectes aureus 
Yellow BishopEuplectes capensis..
White-winged WidowbirdEuplectes albonotatus..
Yellow-mantled WidowbirdEuplectes macroura..
Red-cowled WidowbirdEuplectes laticauda.
Red-collared WidowbirdEuplectes ardens 
Fan-tailed WidowbirdEuplectes axillaris..
Marsh WidowbirdEuplectes hartlaubi 
Buff-shouldered WidowbirdEuplectes psammacromius 
Long-tailed WidowbirdEuplectes progne.
Jackson’s WidowbirdEuplectes jacksoni 
Grosbeak WeaverAmblyospiza albifrons..

Black-winged Bishop, Tanzania 2021

1 White-headed Buffalo-Weaver, Tanzania; 2 Vitelline Masked-Weaver, Tanzania; 3 Crested Malimbe, Uganda; 4 Red-headed Malimbe, Uganda; 5 Red-headed Weaver, Uganda; 6 Orange Weaver, Ghana; 7 Yellow-crowned Bishop, Ethiopia; 8 Baglafecht Weaver, Uganda; 9 Fan-tailed Widowbird, Tanzania; 10 Black-necked Weaver, Uganda; 11 Black-winged Red Bishop, Ghana; 12 Holub’s Golden Weaver, Uganda; 13 Vieillot’s Black Weaver, Uganda; 14 Cape Weaver, South Africa; 15 Forest Fody, Madagascar; 16 Weyns’s Weaver, Uganda; 17 Grosbeak Weaver, Uganda; 18 Red-billed Quelea, Uganda; 19 Black Bishop, Uganda; 20 Red-billed Buffalo-Weaver, South Africa; 21 Brown-capped Weaver, Uganda; 22 Gray’s Malimbe, Ghana; 23 Sakalava Weaver, Madagascar; 24 Red Fody, Madagascar; 25 African Golden-Weaver, South Africa; 26 Nelicourvi Weaver, Madagascar; 27 Lesser Masked Weaver, Uganda; 28 Yellow-mantled Widowbird, Ghana; 29 White-winged Widowbird, Uganda; 30 Orange Bishop, Uganda; 31 Village Weaver, Uganda; 32 Yellow Bishop, South Africa; 33 Speckle-fronted Weaver, Tanzania; 34 Southern Masked Weaver, South Africa; 35 Strange Weaver, Uganda; 36 Yellow-mantled Weaver, Ghana; 37 Slender-billed Weaver, Uganda

37 Gray-headed Social-Weaver, Tanzania; 38 Rufous-tailed Weaver, Tanzania; 39 White-browed Sparrow-Weaver, South Africa; 40 Speckle-fronted Weaver, Tanzania; 41 Usambara Weaver, Tanzania; 42 Spectacled Weaver, Tanzania

Family #232

Waxbills and allies (Estrildidae)

  • Species: 138
  • Distribution: Australasia, Afrotropic,  Indomalaya (introduced in other regions)
  • IOC family #230 (Waxbills, Munias & Allies), HBW family #224 (Waxbills), H&M family #180 (Waxbills)
  • Passeriformes Family Group: Passeroid Oscines
  • wf253 status: 90% members ticked
  • OH: 63 seen, 46  photographed, first seen in Kenya 1983
Pictorella MuniaHeteromunia pectoralis..
Mountain FiretailOreostruthus fuliginosus 
Diamond FiretailStagonopleura guttata.
Red-eared FiretailStagonopleura oculata..
Beautiful FiretailStagonopleura bella 
Crimson FinchNeochmia phaeton..
Red-browed FiretailNeochmia temporalis..
Painted FiretailEmblema pictum..
Star FinchEmblema ruficauda 
Plum-headed FinchEmblema modesta..
Double-barred FinchStizoptera bichenovii..
Zebra FinchTaeniopygia guttata..
Masked FinchPoephila personata..
Long-tailed FinchPoephila acuticauda..
Black-throated FinchPoephila cincta..
Gray-headed SilverbillSpermestes griseicapilla.
Bronze MannikinSpermestes cucullata..
Magpie MannikinSpermestes fringilloides..
Black-and-white MannikinSpermestes bicolor..
Madagascar MuniaLepidopygia nana..
African SilverbillEuodice cantans.
Indian SilverbillEuodice malabarica..
Java SparrowPadda oryzivora 
Timor SparrowPadda fuscata 
Streak-headed MuniaMayrimunia tristissima 
White-spotted MuniaMayrimunia leucosticta 
Scaly-breasted MuniaLonchura punctulata..
Black-throated MuniaLonchura kelaarti 
Black-faced MuniaLonchura molucca 
White-rumped MuniaLonchura striata.
Dusky MuniaLonchura fuscans..
White-bellied MuniaLonchura leucogastra 
Javan MuniaLonchura leucogastroides 
Tricolored MuniaLonchura malacca 
Chestnut MuniaLonchura atricapilla..
White-capped MuniaLonchura ferruginosa 
White-headed MuniaLonchura maja 
Pale-headed MuniaLonchura pallida.
Grand MuniaLonchura grandis..
Black-breasted MuniaLonchura teerinki 
Snow Mountain MuniaLonchura montana 
Alpine MuniaLonchura monticola 
Gray-banded MuniaLonchura vana 
Gray-crowned MuniaLonchura nevermanni 
Gray-headed MuniaLonchura caniceps..
Hooded MuniaLonchura spectabilis..
New Ireland MuniaLonchura forbesi 
Mottled MuniaLonchura hunsteini 
New Hanover MuniaLonchura nigerrima 
Yellow-rumped MuniaLonchura flaviprymna 
Five-colored MuniaLonchura quinticolor 
Chestnut-breasted MuniaLonchura castaneothorax..
Black MuniaLonchura stygia..
Bismarck MuniaLonchura melaena 
Gouldian FinchChloebia gouldiae..
Pin-tailed ParrotfinchErythrura prasina 
Green-faced ParrotfinchErythrura viridifacies 
Tawny-breasted ParrotfinchErythrura hyperythra 
Red-throated ParrotfinchErythrura psittacea..
Fiji ParrotfinchErythrura pealii 
Royal ParrotfinchErythrura cyaneovirens 
Pink-billed ParrotfinchErythrura kleinschmidti 
Tricolored ParrotfinchErythrura tricolor 
Red-eared ParrotfinchErythrura coloria 
Papuan ParrotfinchErythrura papuana 
Blue-faced ParrotfinchErythrura trichroa 
Shelley’s OlivebackNesocharis shelleyi 
White-collared OlivebackNesocharis ansorgei 
Yellow-bellied WaxbillCoccopygia quartinia..
Angola WaxbillCoccopygia bocagei 
Swee WaxbillCoccopygia melanotis..
Green-backed TwinspotMandingoa nitidula.
Shelley’s CrimsonwingCryptospiza shelleyi 
Dusky CrimsonwingCryptospiza jacksoni 
Abyssinian CrimsonwingCryptospiza salvadorii 
Red-faced CrimsonwingCryptospiza reichenovii.
Red-fronted AntpeckerParmoptila rubrifrons 
Woodhouse’s AntpeckerParmoptila woodhousei 
Jameson’s AntpeckerParmoptila jamesoni 
White-breasted NigritaNigrita fusconotus.
Chestnut-breasted NigritaNigrita bicolor..
Gray-headed NigritaNigrita canicapillus..
Pale-fronted NigritaNigrita luteifrons 
Gray-headed OlivebackDelacourella capistrata 
Black-faced WaxbillBrunhilda erythronotos..
Black-cheeked WaxbillBrunhilda charmosyna.
Lavender WaxbillGlaucestrilda caerulescens..
Black-tailed WaxbillGlaucestrilda perreini 
Cinderella WaxbillGlaucestrilda thomensis 
Black-crowned WaxbillEstrilda nonnula..
Black-headed WaxbillEstrilda atricapilla 
Kandt’s WaxbillEstrilda kandti..
Orange-cheeked WaxbillEstrilda melpoda..
Anambra WaxbillEstrilda poliopareia 
Fawn-breasted WaxbillEstrilda paludicola 
Common WaxbillEstrilda astrild..
Black-lored WaxbillEstrilda nigriloris 
Black-rumped WaxbillEstrilda troglodytes..
Crimson-rumped WaxbillEstrilda rhodopyga..
Arabian WaxbillEstrilda rufibarba 
QuailfinchOrtygospiza atricollis.
LocustfinchPaludipasser locustella 
Cut-throatAmadina fasciata..
Red-headed FinchAmadina erythrocephala.
Green AvadavatAmandava formosa 
Zebra WaxbillAmandava subflava.
Red AvadavatAmandava amandava..
Purple GrenadierGranatina ianthinogaster..
Violet-eared WaxbillGranatina granatina.
Southern CordonbleuUraeginthus angolensis..
Red-cheeked CordonbleuUraeginthus bengalus..
Blue-capped CordonbleuUraeginthus cyanocephalus..
Grant’s BluebillSpermophaga poliogenys 
Western BluebillSpermophaga haematina 
Red-headed BluebillSpermophaga ruficapilla 
Lesser SeedcrackerPyrenestes minor 
Crimson SeedcrackerPyrenestes sanguineus 
Black-bellied SeedcrackerPyrenestes ostrinus 
Green-winged PytiliaPytilia melba..
Orange-winged PytiliaPytilia afra 
Red-winged PytiliaPytilia phoenicoptera..
Red-billed PytiliaPytilia lineata 
Red-faced PytiliaPytilia hypogrammica 
Dybowski’s TwinspotEuschistospiza dybowskii 
Dusky TwinspotEuschistospiza cinereovinacea 
Red-throated TwinspotHypargos niveoguttatus.
Pink-throated TwinspotHypargos margaritatus 
Brown TwinspotClytospiza monteiri 
Red-billed FirefinchLagonosticta senegala..
African FirefinchLagonosticta rubricata.
Jameson’s FirefinchLagonosticta rhodopareia 
Mali FirefinchLagonosticta virata 
Rock FirefinchLagonosticta sanguinodorsalis 
Chad FirefinchLagonosticta umbrinodorsalis 
Black-bellied FirefinchLagonosticta rara 
Bar-breasted FirefinchLagonosticta rufopicta..
Brown FirefinchLagonosticta nitidula 
Black-faced FirefinchLagonosticta larvata 

1 Common Waxbill, Spain; 2 Red Avadavat, Spain; 3 Red-browed Firetail, Australia; 4 Crimson Finch, Australia; 5 Zebra Finch, Australia; 6 Bar-breasted Firefinch, Ghana; 7 Double-barred Finch, Australia; 8 Masked Finch, Australia; 9 Long-tailed Finch, Australia; 10 Gouldian Finch, Australia; 11 Black-and-white Mannikin, Uganda; 12 Grey-headed Nigrita, Uganda; 13 Black-rumped Waxbill, Uganda; 14 Lavender Waxbill, Ghana

15 Madagascan Mannikin, Madagascar; 16 Indian Silverbill, Israel; 17 Kandt’s Waxbil, Uganda; 18 Black-crowned Waxbill , Uganda; 19 Red-cheeked Cordon-Bleu, Tanzania; 20 Chestnut-breasted Munia, Australia; 21 Red-winged Pytilia, Ghana; 22 Magpie Mannikin, Ghana; 23 Nutmeg Mannikin, Australia; 24 Orange-cheeked waxbill, Ghana; 25 Swee Waxbill, South Africa; 26 Cut-throat, Tanzania; 27 Blue-breasted Cordonbleu, South Africa

28 Crimson-rumped Waxbill, Tanzania; 29 Bronze Mannikin, Uganda; 30 Chestnut-breasted Nigrita, Ghana; 31 Red-throated Parrotfinch, New Caledonia; 32 Chestnut Munia, India

33 Black-faced Waxbill, Tanzania; 34 Red-billed Firefinch, Tanzania; 35 Green-winged Pytilia, Tanzania; 36 Purple Grenadier, Tanzania; 37 Blue-capped Cordonbleu, Tanzania; 38 Red-eared Firetail, Australia; 39 Yellow-bellied Waxbill, Tanzania

40 Gray-headed Munia, Papua New Guinea; 41 Grand Munia, Papua New Guinea; 42 Hooded Munia, Papua New Guinea; 43 Black Munia, Papua New Guinea

Family #233

Indigobirds (Viduidae)

  • Species: 20
  • Distribution: Afrotropical endemic
  • IOC family #231 (Indigobirds, Whydahs), HBW family #225 (Whydahs and Indigobirds), H&M family #181
  • Passeriformes Family Group: Passeroid Oscines
  • wf253 status: 74% members ticked
  • OH: 6 seen, 4  photographed, first seen in Kenya 1983
Pin-tailed WhydahVidua macroura..
Sahel Paradise-WhydahVidua orientalis 
Exclamatory Paradise-WhydahVidua interjecta 
Togo Paradise-WhydahVidua togoensis 
Broad-tailed Paradise-WhydahVidua obtusa 
Eastern Paradise-WhydahVidua paradisaea..
Steel-blue WhydahVidua hypocherina 
Straw-tailed WhydahVidua fischeri.
Shaft-tailed WhydahVidua regia.
Village IndigobirdVidua chalybeata..
Wilson’s IndigobirdVidua wilsoni 
Quailfinch IndigobirdVidua nigeriae 
Jos Plateau IndigobirdVidua maryae 
Jambandu IndigobirdVidua raricola 
Barka IndigobirdVidua larvaticola 
Cameroon IndigobirdVidua camerunensis 
Dusky IndigobirdVidua funerea..
Purple IndigobirdVidua purpurascens 
Green IndigobirdVidua codringtoni 
Parasitic WeaverAnomalospiza imberbis 

1 Pin-tailed Whydah, Ethiopia; 2 Variable Indigobird, South Africa; 3 Village Indigobird, South Africa; 4 Eastern Paradise-Whydah, South Africa

Family #234

Accentors (Prunellidae)

  • Species: 12
  • Distribution: Indomalaya, Palearctic
  • IOC family #233, HBW family #220, H&M family #177
  • Passeriformes Family Group: Passeroid Oscines
  • wf253 status: 86% members ticked
  • OH: 6 seen, 5  photographed, first seen in Israel 1978
Alpine AccentorPrunella collaris..
Altai AccentorPrunella himalayana 
Robin AccentorPrunella rubeculoides 
Rufous-breasted AccentorPrunella strophiata..
Siberian AccentorPrunella montanella 
Radde’s AccentorPrunella ocularis..
Brown AccentorPrunella fulvescens 
Black-throated AccentorPrunella atrogularis.
Mongolian AccentorPrunella koslowi 
DunnockPrunella modularis..
Japanese AccentorPrunella rubida 
Maroon-backed AccentorPrunella immaculata..

1 Radde’s Accentor, Israel, 2 Maroon-backed Accentor, India, 3 Alpine Accentor, Switzerland, 4 Dunnock, New Zealand. 5 Rufous-breasted Accentor, India

Family #235

Old World Sparrows (Passeridae)

  • Species: 43
  • Distribution: Afrotropic,  Indomalaya, Palearctic (introduced in all other regions)
  • IOC family #228 (Old World Sparrows, Snowfinches), HBW family #226, H&M family #182 (Sparrows, Snowfinches and allies)
  • Passeriformes Family Group: Passeroid Oscines
  • wf253 status: 97% members ticked
  • OH: 20 seen, 16 photographed, first seen in Israel 1976
Cinnamon IbonHypocryptadius cinnamomeus 
Saxaul SparrowPasser ammodendri 
House SparrowPasser domesticus..
Italian SparrowPasser italiae..
Spanish SparrowPasser hispaniolensis..
Sind SparrowPasser pyrrhonotus 
Somali SparrowPasser castanopterus 
Russet SparrowPasser cinnamomeus 
Plain-backed SparrowPasser flaveolus..
Dead Sea SparrowPasser moabiticus..
Cape Verde SparrowPasser iagoensis 
Abd al Kuri SparrowPasser hemileucus 
Socotra SparrowPasser insularis 
Great Rufous SparrowPasser motitensis.
Kenya Rufous SparrowPasser rufocinctus..
Shelley’s Rufous SparrowPasser shelleyi 
Kordofan Rufous SparrowPasser cordofanicus 
Cape SparrowPasser melanurus..
Northern Gray-headed SparrowPasser griseus..
Swainson’s SparrowPasser swainsonii..
Parrot-billed SparrowPasser gongonensis.
Swahili SparrowPasser suahelicus 
Southern Gray-headed SparrowPasser diffusus.
Desert SparrowPasser simplex 
Zarudny’s SparrowPasser zarudnyi 
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus..
Sudan Golden SparrowPasser luteus 
Arabian Golden SparrowPasser euchlorus 
Chestnut SparrowPasser eminibey..
Yellow-spotted Bush SparrowGymnoris pyrgita..
Yellow-throated SparrowGymnoris xanthocollis..
Yellow-throated Bush SparrowGymnoris superciliaris 
Sahel Bush SparrowGymnoris dentata..
Rock SparrowPetronia petronia..
Pale RockfinchCarpospiza brachydactyla..
White-winged SnowfinchMontifringilla nivalis.
Tibetan SnowfinchMontifringilla henrici 
Black-winged SnowfinchMontifringilla adamsi 
White-rumped SnowfinchOnychostruthus taczanowskii 
Pere David’s SnowfinchPyrgilauda davidiana 
Rufous-necked SnowfinchPyrgilauda ruficollis 
Blanford’s SnowfinchPyrgilauda blanfordi 
Afghan SnowfinchPyrgilauda theresae 

1 House Sparrow, Israel; 2 Italian Sparrow, Italy; 3 Spanish Sparrow, Israel; 4 Swainson’s Sparrow, Ethiopia; 5 Sahel Bush Petronia, Ghana; 6 Dead Sea Sparrow, Israel; 7 Northern Grey-headed Sparrow, Tanzania; 8 Yellow-throated Petronia, Israel; 9 Eurasian Tree Sparrow, Denmark; 10 Rock Petronia, Israel

11 Yellow-spotted Bush Sparrow, Tanzania; 12 Chestnut Sparrow, Tanzania; 13 Kenya Rufous Sparrow, Tanzania; 14 Cape Sparrow, South Africa; 15 Pale Rockfinch, Israel; 16 Plain-backed Sparrow, Thailand

Family #236

Wagtails and Pipits (Motacillidae)

  • Species: 70
  • Distribution: Global
  • IOC family #234, HBW family #227 (Pipits and Wagtails), H&M family #183 (Pipits and Wagtails)
  • Passeriformes Family Group: Passeroid Oscines
  • wf253 status: 97% members ticked
  • OH: 35 seen, 30  photographed, first seen in Israel 1976
Forest WagtailDendronanthus indicus 
Cape WagtailMotacilla capensis..
Mountain WagtailMotacilla clara..
Sao Tome Short-tailMotacilla bocagii 
Madagascar WagtailMotacilla flaviventris..
Gray WagtailMotacilla cinerea..
Western Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava..
Eastern Yellow WagtailMotacilla tschutschensis..
Citrine WagtailMotacilla citreola..
White-browed WagtailMotacilla maderaspatensis..
Mekong WagtailMotacilla samveasnae 
Japanese WagtailMotacilla grandis..
African Pied WagtailMotacilla aguimp..
White WagtailMotacilla alba..
Australian PipitAnthus australis..
New Zealand PipitAnthus novaeseelandiae..
Richard’s PipitAnthus richardi..
Paddyfield PipitAnthus rufulus..
African PipitAnthus cinnamomeus..
Mountain PipitAnthus hoeschi 
Woodland PipitAnthus nyassae 
Long-billed PipitAnthus similis..
Nicholson’s PipitAnthus nicholsoni 
Blyth’s PipitAnthus godlewskii..
Tawny PipitAnthus campestris..
Plain-backed PipitAnthus leucophrys 
Buffy PipitAnthus vaalensis 
Long-legged PipitAnthus pallidiventris 
Nilgiri PipitAnthus nilghiriensis 
Upland PipitAnthus sylvanus 
Berthelot’s PipitAnthus berthelotii 
Malindi PipitAnthus melindae 
Striped PipitAnthus lineiventris 
Yellow-tufted PipitAnthus crenatus 
MadangaAnthus ruficollis 
Alpine PipitAnthus gutturalis 
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis..
Rosy PipitAnthus roseatus..
Tree PipitAnthus trivialis..
Olive-backed PipitAnthus hodgsoni..
Pechora PipitAnthus gustavi 
Red-throated PipitAnthus cervinus..
Water PipitAnthus spinoletta..
Rock PipitAnthus petrosus..
Siberian PipitAnthus japonicus.
American PipitAnthus rubescens.
Sprague’s PipitAnthus spragueii.
Yellowish PipitAnthus chii..
Peruvian PipitAnthus peruvianus 
Puna PipitAnthus brevirostris 
Short-billed PipitAnthus furcatus 
Pampas PipitAnthus chacoensis 
Correndera PipitAnthus correndera..
South Georgia PipitAnthus antarcticus 
Ochre-breasted PipitAnthus nattereri 
Hellmayr’s PipitAnthus hellmayri 
Paramo PipitAnthus bogotensis 
Short-tailed PipitAnthus brachyurus 
Bush PipitAnthus caffer 
Sokoke PipitAnthus sokokensis 
Golden PipitTmetothylacus tenellus.
Yellow-breasted PipitHemimacronyx chloris 
Sharpe’s LongclawMacronyx sharpei 
Orange-throated LongclawMacronyx capensis.
Yellow-throated LongclawMacronyx croceus..
Fülleborn’s LongclawMacronyx fuelleborni 
Abyssinian LongclawMacronyx flavicollis..
Pangani LongclawMacronyx aurantiigula.
Rosy-throated LongclawMacronyx ameliae 
Grimwood’s LongclawMacronyx grimwoodi 

1 Western Yellow Wagtail, Israel; 2 Eastern Yellow Wagtail, Thailand; 3 Citrine Wagtail, Israel; 4 Yellow-throated Longclaw, Uganda; 5 Abyssinian Longclaw, Ethiopia; 6 African Pied Wagtail, Uganda; 7 Japanese Wagtial, Japan; 8 White Wagtail, Denmark; 9 Madagascan Wagtail, Madagascar; 10 Gray Wagtail, Israel; 11 Mountain Wagtail, South Africa; 12 Tree Pipit, Israel; 13 Long-billed Pipit, Israel; 14 Tawny Pipit, Israel; 15 Oriental Pipit, Thailand; 16 Richard’s Pipit, Israel; 17 Cape Wagtail, South Africa; 18 Blyth’s Pipit, Israel; 19 Rosy Pipit, India; 20 African Pipit, Uganda; 21 Meadow Pipit, Israel; 22 Red-throated Pipit, Israel; 23 Olive-backed Pipit, Israel; 24 Australian Pipit, Australia; 25 Water Pipit, Israel; 26 Rock Pipit, Denmark; 27 Yellowish Pipit, Peru; 28 Correndera Pipit, Argentina; 29 White-browed Wagtail, India; 30 New Zealand Pipit, New Zealand

Family #237

Finches, Euphonias, and Allies (Fringillidae)

  • Species: 236 (17 extinct)
  • Distribution: Afrotropic,  Indomalaya, Nearctic, Neotropic, Palearctic (introduced in Australasia)
  • IOC family #236 (Finches, Euphonias), HBW family #228, H&M family #184 (Finches, Euphonias and Hawaiian Honeycreepers)
  • Passeriformes Family Group: Passeroid Oscines
  • wf253 status: 97% members ticked
  • OH: 82 seen, 66  photographed, first seen in Israel 1976
Common ChaffinchFringilla coelebs..
Azores ChaffinchFringilla moreletti 
Madeira ChaffinchFringilla maderensis 
Canary Islands ChaffinchFringilla canariensis 
African ChaffinchFringilla spodiogenys 
Tenerife Blue ChaffinchFringilla teydea 
Gran Canaria Blue ChaffinchFringilla polatzeki 
BramblingFringilla montifringilla..
Elegant EuphoniaChlorophonia elegantissima..
Hispaniolan EuphoniaChlorophonia musica..
Puerto Rican EuphoniaChlorophonia sclateri 
Lesser Antillean EuphoniaChlorophonia flavifrons 
Golden-rumped EuphoniaChlorophonia cyanocephala 
Blue-naped ChlorophoniaChlorophonia cyanea..
Chestnut-breasted ChlorophoniaChlorophonia pyrrhophrys 
Yellow-collared ChlorophoniaChlorophonia flavirostris 
Blue-crowned ChlorophoniaChlorophonia occipitalis 
Golden-browed ChlorophoniaChlorophonia callophrys 
Jamaican EuphoniaEuphonia jamaica 
Orange-crowned EuphoniaEuphonia saturata 
Plumbeous EuphoniaEuphonia plumbea 
Purple-throated EuphoniaEuphonia chlorotica..
Finsch’s EuphoniaEuphonia finschi 
Velvet-fronted EuphoniaEuphonia concinna 
Trinidad EuphoniaEuphonia trinitatis 
West Mexican EuphoniaEuphonia godmani 
Scrub EuphoniaEuphonia affinis..
Yellow-crowned EuphoniaEuphonia luteicapilla 
Golden-bellied EuphoniaEuphonia chrysopasta..
White-vented EuphoniaEuphonia minuta.
Green-throated EuphoniaEuphonia chalybea..
Violaceous EuphoniaEuphonia violacea..
Yellow-throated EuphoniaEuphonia hirundinacea.
Thick-billed EuphoniaEuphonia laniirostris..
Spot-crowned EuphoniaEuphonia imitans 
Olive-backed EuphoniaEuphonia gouldi 
Fulvous-vented EuphoniaEuphonia fulvicrissa 
Tawny-capped EuphoniaEuphonia anneae..
Orange-bellied EuphoniaEuphonia xanthogaster..
Bronze-green EuphoniaEuphonia mesochrysa 
Golden-sided EuphoniaEuphonia cayennensis 
Rufous-bellied EuphoniaEuphonia rufiventris..
Chestnut-bellied EuphoniaEuphonia pectoralis..
Black-and-yellow GrosbeakMycerobas icterioides 
Collared GrosbeakMycerobas affinis 
Spot-winged GrosbeakMycerobas melanozanthos 
White-winged GrosbeakMycerobas carnipes..
Hooded GrosbeakCoccothraustes abeillei..
Evening GrosbeakCoccothraustes vespertinus..
HawfinchCoccothraustes coccothraustes..
Yellow-billed GrosbeakEophona migratoria 
Japanese GrosbeakEophona personata 
Poo-uliMelamprosops phaeosoma 
AkikikiOreomystis bairdi 
Oahu AlauahioParoreomyza maculata 
KakawahieParoreomyza flammeaexinct
Maui AlauahioParoreomyza montana 
PalilaLoxioides bailleui 
Laysan FinchTelespiza cantans 
Nihoa FinchTelespiza ultima 
Kona GrosbeakChloridops konaexinct
Lesser Koa-FinchRhodacanthis flavicepsexinct
Greater Koa-FinchRhodacanthis palmeriexinct
Ula-ai-hawaneCiridops annaexinct
AkohekohePalmeria dolei 
Laysan HoneycreeperHimatione fraithiiexinct
ApapaneHimatione sanguinea 
IiwiDrepanis coccinea 
Hawaii MamoDrepanis pacificaexinct
Black MamoDrepanis funereaexinct
OuPsittirostra psittacea 
Lanai HookbillDysmorodrepanis munroiexinct
Maui ParrotbillPseudonestor xanthophrys 
Kauai NukupuuHemignathus hanapepe 
Oahu NukupuuHemignathus lucidusexinct
Maui NukupuuHemignathus affinis 
AkiapolaauHemignathus wilsoni 
Lesser AkialoaAkialoa obscuraexinct
Oahu AkialoaAkialoa ellisianaexinct
Kauai AkialoaAkialoa stejnegeriexinct
Maui-nui AkialoaAkialoa lanaiensisexinct
AnianiauMagumma parva 
Hawaii AmakihiChlorodrepanis virens 
Oahu AmakihiChlorodrepanis flava 
Kauai AmakihiChlorodrepanis stejnegeri 
Greater AmakihiViridonia sagittirostrisexinct
Hawaii CreeperLoxops mana 
AkekeeLoxops caeruleirostris 
Hawaii AkepaLoxops coccineus 
Oahu AkepaLoxops wolstenholmeiexinct
Maui AkepaLoxops ochraceus 
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinus..
Scarlet FinchCarpodacus sipahi.
Bonin GrosbeakCarpodacus ferreorostrisexinct
Red-mantled RosefinchCarpodacus rhodochlamys 
Blyth’s RosefinchCarpodacus grandis 
Himalayan Beautiful RosefinchCarpodacus pulcherrimus.
Chinese Beautiful RosefinchCarpodacus davidianus 
Pink-rumped RosefinchCarpodacus waltoni 
Dark-rumped RosefinchCarpodacus edwardsii 
Pink-browed RosefinchCarpodacus rodochroa 
Spot-winged RosefinchCarpodacus rodopeplus 
Sharpe’s RosefinchCarpodacus verreauxii 
Vinaceous RosefinchCarpodacus vinaceus 
Taiwan RosefinchCarpodacus formosanus 
Sinai RosefinchCarpodacus synoicus..
Pale RosefinchCarpodacus stoliczkae 
Tibetan RosefinchCarpodacus roborowskii 
Sillem’s RosefinchCarpodacus sillemi 
Streaked RosefinchCarpodacus rubicilloides.
Great RosefinchCarpodacus rubicilla 
Long-tailed RosefinchCarpodacus sibiricus 
Red-fronted RosefinchCarpodacus puniceus 
Crimson-browed FinchCarpodacus subhimachalus.
Pallas’s RosefinchCarpodacus roseus 
Three-banded RosefinchCarpodacus trifasciatus 
Himalayan White-browed RosefinchCarpodacus thura..
Chinese White-browed RosefinchCarpodacus dubius.
Pine GrosbeakPinicola enucleator..
Brown BullfinchPyrrhula nipalensis.
White-cheeked BullfinchPyrrhula leucogenis 
Orange BullfinchPyrrhula aurantiaca 
Red-headed BullfinchPyrrhula erythrocephala..
Gray-headed BullfinchPyrrhula erythaca..
Taiwan BullfinchPyrrhula owstoni 
Azores BullfinchPyrrhula murina 
Eurasian BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula..
Crimson-winged FinchRhodopechys sanguineus..
Trumpeter FinchBucanetes githagineus..
Mongolian FinchBucanetes mongolicus 
Blanford’s RosefinchAgraphospiza rubescens 
Gold-naped FinchPyrrhoplectes epauletta..
Spectacled FinchCallacanthis burtoni 
Dark-breasted RosefinchProcarduelis nipalensis.
Plain Mountain FinchLeucosticte nemoricola..
Black-headed Mountain FinchLeucosticte brandti.
Asian Rosy-FinchLeucosticte arctoa 
Gray-crowned Rosy-FinchLeucosticte tephrocotis 
Black Rosy-FinchLeucosticte atrata 
Brown-capped Rosy-FinchLeucosticte australis 
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus..
Purple FinchHaemorhous purpureus..
Cassin’s FinchHaemorhous cassinii..
Desert FinchRhodospiza obsoleta..
Arabian GrosbeakRhynchostruthus percivali 
Socotra GrosbeakRhynchostruthus socotranus 
Somali GrosbeakRhynchostruthus louisae 
European GreenfinchChloris chloris..
Oriental GreenfinchChloris sinica..
Yellow-breasted GreenfinchChloris spinoides 
Vietnamese GreenfinchChloris monguilloti 
Black-headed GreenfinchChloris ambigua.
Oriole FinchLinurgus olivaceus 
White-rumped SeedeaterCrithagra leucopygia 
Yellow-fronted CanaryCrithagra mozambica..
African CitrilCrithagra citrinelloides..
Western CitrilCrithagra frontalis.
Southern CitrilCrithagra hyposticta..
Black-faced CanaryCrithagra capistrata 
Papyrus CanaryCrithagra koliensis..
Forest CanaryCrithagra scotops 
Arabian SerinCrithagra rothschildi 
Black-throated CanaryCrithagra atrogularis.
Reichenow’s SeedeaterCrithagra reichenowi..
Yellow-rumped SerinCrithagra xanthopygia 
Lemon-breasted SeedeaterCrithagra citrinipectus 
White-bellied CanaryCrithagra dorsostriata.
Yellow-throated SerinCrithagra flavigula 
Salvadori’s SerinCrithagra xantholaema 
Northern Grosbeak-CanaryCrithagra donaldsoni 
Southern Grosbeak-CanaryCrithagra buchanani..
Brimstone CanaryCrithagra sulphurata..
Yellow CanaryCrithagra flaviventris..
White-throated CanaryCrithagra albogularis..
Streaky SeedeaterCrithagra striolata..
Yellow-browed SeedeaterCrithagra whytii 
Thick-billed SeedeaterCrithagra burtoni.
Kipengere SeedeaterCrithagra melanochroa 
Principe SeedeaterCrithagra rufobrunnea 
Sao Tome GrosbeakCrithagra concolor 
Protea CanaryCrithagra leucoptera 
Black-eared SeedeaterCrithagra mennelli 
West African SeedeaterCrithagra canicapilla 
Streaky-headed SeedeaterCrithagra gularis 
Stripe-breasted SeedeaterCrithagra striatipectus 
Reichard’s SeedeaterCrithagra reichardi 
Brown-rumped SeedeaterCrithagra tristriata..
Yemen SerinCrithagra menachensis 
Ankober SerinCrithagra ankoberensis 
Cape SiskinCrithagra totta 
Drakensberg SiskinCrithagra symonsi 
TwiteLinaria flavirostris.
Eurasian LinnetLinaria cannabina..
Yemen LinnetLinaria yemenensis 
Warsangli LinnetLinaria johannis 
RedpollAcanthis flammea..
Parrot CrossbillLoxia pytyopsittacus..
Scottish CrossbillLoxia scotica 
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostra..
Cassia CrossbillLoxia sinesciuris 
Hispaniolan CrossbillLoxia megaplaga 
White-winged CrossbillLoxia leucoptera 
Indonesian SerinChrysocorythus estherae 
Mindanao SerinChrysocorythus mindanensis 
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis..
Gray-crowned GoldfinchCarduelis caniceps 
Citril FinchCarduelis citrinella..
Corsican FinchCarduelis corsicana.
European SerinSerinus serinus..
Island CanarySerinus canaria 
Fire-fronted SerinSerinus pusillus..
Syrian SerinSerinus syriacus..
Yellow-crowned CanarySerinus flavivertex.
Cape CanarySerinus canicollis..
Ethiopian SiskinSerinus nigriceps 
Black-headed CanarySerinus alario 
Tibetan SerinSpinus thibetanus..
Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus..
Pine SiskinSpinus pinus..
Black-capped SiskinSpinus atriceps 
Black-headed SiskinSpinus notatus.
Antillean SiskinSpinus dominicensis..
Lesser GoldfinchSpinus psaltria..
Lawrence’s GoldfinchSpinus lawrencei 
American GoldfinchSpinus tristis..
Andean SiskinSpinus spinescens 
Yellow-faced SiskinSpinus yarrellii 
Yellow-bellied SiskinSpinus xanthogastrus..
Red SiskinSpinus cucullatus 
Thick-billed SiskinSpinus crassirostris 
Hooded SiskinSpinus magellanicus..
Saffron SiskinSpinus siemiradzkii 
Olivaceous SiskinSpinus olivaceus 
Black SiskinSpinus atratus 
Yellow-rumped SiskinSpinus uropygialis 
Black-chinned SiskinSpinus barbatus..

European Goldfinch, Israel 2014

Evening Grosbeak, Purple Finch, Pine Siskin, USA 2012

Fire-fronted Serin, Israel 2020

1 Common Chaffinch, Spain; 2 Scrub Euphonia, Mexico; 3 Purple-throated Euphonia, Peru; 4 Violaceous Euphonia, Brazil; 5 Chestnut-bellied Euphonia, Brazil; 6 Antillean Euphonia, Dominican Republic; 7 Green-throated Euphonia, Brazil; 8 Blue-naped Chlorophonia, Brazil; 9 Crimson-winged Finch, Israel; 10 Trumpeter Finch, Israel; 11 Desert Finch, Israel; 12 Pine Grosbeak, Finland; 13 Eurasian Bullfinch, Finland; 14 House Finch, Mexico; 15 Purple Finch, USA; 16 Cassin’s Finch, USA; 17 Common Rosefinch, Finland; 18 Pale Rosefinch, Israel; 19 European Greenfinch, Israel; 20 Parrot Crossbill, Netherlands; 21 Common Redpoll, Finland; 22 Hoary Redpoll, Finland; 23 Pine Siskin, USA; 24 American Goldfinch, Mexico; 25 Antillean Siskin, Dominican Republic; 26 Hooded Siskin, Brazil; 27 Red Crossbill, Spain; 28 Lesser Goldfinch, USA; 29 European Goldfinch, Israel; 30 Citril Finch, Spain; 31 European Serin, Portugal; 32 Brimstone Canary, Uganda; 33 African Citril, Ethiopia; 34 Eurasian Linnet, Israel; 35 Syrian Serin, Israel; 36 Eurasian Siskin, Israel; 37 Black-chinned Siskin, Argentina; 38 Yellow-bellied Siskin, Panama; 39 Orange-bellied Euphonia, Ecuador; 40 Golden-bellied Euphonia, Ecuador; 41 Thick-billed Euphonia, Panama; 42 Rufous-bellied Euphonia, Ecuador; 43 Brown-rumped Seedeater, Ethiopia; 44 White-throated Canary, South Africa; 45 Hooded Grosbeak, Mexico; 46 Brambling, South Korea; 47 Hawfinch, Switzerland; 48 Yellow Canary, South Africa; 49 Streaky Seedeater, Uganda; 50 Plain Mountain Finch, India; 51 Cape Canary, South Africa; 52 Papyrus Canary, Uganda; 53 Grey-headed Bullfinch, India; 54 Elegant Euphonia, Panama; 55 Tawny-capped Euphonia, Panama; 56 Red-headed Bullfinch, India; 57 Tibetan Serin, India; 58 Golden-naped Finch, India; 59 Grey-capped Greenfinch, Japan; 60 Yellow-fronted Canary, Uganda; 61 Himalayan White-browed Rosefinch, India; 62 Evening Grosbeak, USA

Family #238

Longspurs and Snow Buntings (Calcariidae)

  • Species: 6
  • Distribution: Nearctic, Palearctic
  • IOC family #237, HBW family #229 (Longspurs), H&M family #185 (Longspurs)
  • Passeriformes Family Group: Passeroid Oscines
  • wf253 status: 88% members ticked
  • OH: 2 seen and photographed, first seen in Denmark 2008
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicus..
Chestnut-collared LongspurCalcarius ornatus 
Smith’s LongspurCalcarius pictus 
Thick-billed LongspurRhynchophanes mccownii 
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalis..
McKay’s BuntingPlectrophenax hyperboreus 

1 Lapland Longspur, Norway, 2 Snow Bunting, Norway

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