Neornithes Gadow, 1893 - living birds
   Neognathae Pycraft 1900 see Cohort Neognathae Pycraft, 1900
     Neoaves Sibley et al. 1988 see Subcohort Neoaves Sibley et al., 1988
       [Order] Passeriformes Linnaeus, 1758
         oscines see Suborder Oscines
           Passerida - passeridans see Parvorder Passerida (C. Linnaeus, 1758) Sibley et al., 1988
             Passeroidea
               Family Estrildidae Bonaparte, 1850 - waxbills, grass finches, munias and allies
                 Subfamily Poephilinae
                   1 Genus Emblema Gould, 1842 [monotypic]
                   2 Genus Stagonopleura Reichenbach, 1850
                   3 Genus Oreostruthus De Vis, 1898 [monotypic]
                   4 Genus Neochmia G.R. Gray, 1849
                   5 Genus Poephila Gould, 1842
                   6 Genus Taeniopygia Reichenbach, 1862-1863