ESTRILDIDAE, VIDUIDAE & PRUNELLIDAE - Neil's Wildlife Journal

waxbills, indigobirds, whydahs and accentors

Diamond Firetail [Stagonopleura guttata]

Adult - Location : Paradise Park, Hayle, Cornwall, England – Date of image : 10 Oct 2014

Star Finch [Bathilda ruficauda]

Adult; sub-species unknown - Location : Paradise Park, Hayle, Cornwall, England – Date of image : 10 Oct 2014

Double-barred Finch [Stizoptera bichenovii]

Adults; sub-species unknown - Location : Birdworld, near Farnham, Surrey, England – Date of image : 26 Jun 2014

Australian Zebra Finch [Taeniopygia castanotis]

Adult male - Location : Birdworld, near Farnham, Surrey, England – Date of image : 27 May 2015

Australian Zebra Finch [Taeniopygia castanotis]

Adult female - Location : Birdworld, near Farnham, Surrey, England – Date of image : 23 Jul 2018

Long-tailed Finch [Poephila acuticauda hecki]

Adult of sub-species hecki - Location : Birdworld, near Farnham, Surrey, England – Date of image : 26 Jun 2014

Bronze Mannikin [Spermestes cucullata cucullata]

Adult of nominate - Location : Conakry, Guinea - Date of image : 19 Feb 2010

Bronze Mannikin [Spermestes cucullata cucullata]

Immatures of nominate - Location : Conakry, Guinea - Date of image : 19 Feb 2010

Bronze Mannikin [Spermestes cucullata scutata]

Adult of sub-species scutata - Location : Letaba, Kruger National Park, South Africa – Date of image : 09 Oct 2006

Bronze Mannikin [Spermestes cucullata scutata]

Adult of sub-species scutata - Location : Rosewood Lodge, Kitwe, Copperbelt Province, Zambia - Date of image : 11 May 2008

Bronze Mannikin [Spermestes cucullata scutata]

Juvenile of sub-species scutata - Location : Rosewood Lodge, Kitwe, Copperbelt Province, Zambia - Date of image : 17 May 2008

Magpie Mannikin [Spermestes fringilloides]

Adult - Location : Nzérékoré, Guinea – Date of image : 11 Oct 2009

Magpie Mannikin [Spermestes fringilloides]

Adult - Location : Nzérékoré, Guinea – Date of image : 07 Oct 2009

Black-and-white Mannikin [Spermestes bicolor nigriceps]

Adult of sub-species nigriceps ‘Red-backed Mannikin’ – Location : Castle Forest section, Mount Kenya National Park, Kenya - Date of image : 27 Oct 2012

Black-and-white Mannikin [Spermestes bicolor nigriceps]

Adult of sub-species nigriceps ‘Red-backed Mannikin’ – Location : Ngwenya Lodge, near Komatipoort, Mpumalanga, South Africa – Date of image : 16 Jan 2006

Black-and-white Mannikin [Spermestes bicolor poensis]

Adults of sub-species poensis – Location : Kakamega forestry satation, Kakamega, Kenya – Date of image : 24 Sep 2010

African Silverbill [Euodice cantans]

Adult; sub-species unknown – Location : Birdworld, near Farnham, Surrey, England – Date of image : 26 Jun 2014

Java Sparrow [Padda oryzivora]

Adult – Location : Birdland, Bourton-on-the-Water, Gloucestershire, England – Date of image : 09 Sep 2014

Java Sparrow [Padda oryzivora]

Adult - Location : Tropical Birdland, Desford, Leicestershire, England – Date of image : 26 Sep 2014

Gouldian Finch [Chloebia gouldiae]

Adult - Location : Paradise Park, Hayle, Cornwall, England – Date of image : 10 Oct 2014