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Estrildidae  
Taxonomic Serial No.: 179604

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Family  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): Waxbills
 
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete    
  Latest Record Review: 1998    
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  -- Animal, animals, animaux  
    PhylumChordata  -- chordates, cordado, cordés  
       SubphylumVertebrata  -- vertebrado, vertebrates, vertébrés  
          ClassAves  -- Birds, oiseaux  
             OrderPasseriformes  -- passereaux, Perching Birds  
                FamilyEstrildidae  -- Waxbills  
    Direct Children:  
                   Genus Amadina Swainson, 1827  
                   Genus Amandava Blyth, 1836 -- Avadavats 
                   Genus Chloebia Reichenbach, 1862  
                   Genus Clytospiza Shelley, 1896  
                   Genus Cryptospiza Salvadori, 1884  
                   Genus Emblema Gould, 1842  
                   Genus Erythrura Swainson, 1837 -- Parrot-Finches 
                   Genus Estrilda Swainson, 1827 -- Waxbills 
                   Genus Euschistospiza Wolters, 1943  
                   Genus Heteromunia Mathews, 1913  
                   Genus Hypargos Reichenbach, 1862  
                   Genus Lagonosticta Cabanis, 1851  
                   Genus Lemuresthes Wolters, 1949  
                   Genus Lonchura Sykes, 1832 -- Mannikins 
                   Genus Mandingoa Hartert, 1919  
                   Genus Neochmia Gray, 1849  
                   Genus Nesocharis Alexander, 1903  
                   Genus Nigrita Strickland, 1843  
                   Genus Oreostruthus De Vis, 1898  
                   Genus Ortygospiza Sundevall, 1850  
                   Genus Padda Reichenbach, 1850 -- Java Sparrows 
                   Genus Parmoptila Cassin, 1859  
                   Genus Poephila Gould, 1842  
                   Genus Pyrenestes Swainson, 1837  
                   Genus Pytilia Swainson, 1837  
                   Genus Spermophaga Swainson, 1837  
                   Genus Stagonopleura Reichenbach, 1850  
                   Genus Taeniopygia Reichenbach, 1862  
                   Genus Uraeginthus Cabanis, 1851 -- Cordonbleus 
                   Subfamily Estrildinae   
       

 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: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  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):    
  Publisher:    
  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   
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Estrildidae   
       

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