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 Estrildinae
                   Genus Estrilda Swainson, 1827
                     01 Estrilda caerulescens (Vieillot, 1817) - lavender waxbill
                     02 Estrilda perreini (Vieillot, 1817)
                     03 Estrilda thomensis Sousa, 1888
                     04 Estrilda melanotis (Temminck, 1823)
                     05 Estrilda quartinia Bonaparte, 1850
                     06 Estrilda poliopareia Reichenow, 1902
                     07 Estrilda paludicola Heuglin, 1863
                     08 Estrilda melpoda (Vieillot, 1817) - orange-cheeked waxbill
                     09 Estrilda rhodopyga Sundevall, 1850
                     10 Estrilda rufibarba (Cabanis, 1851)
                     11 Estrilda troglodytes (M.H.K. Lichtenstein, 1823) - black-rumped waxbill
                     12 Estrilda astrild (C. Linnaeus, 1758) - common waxbill
                     13 Estrilda nigriloris Chapin, 1928 - black-faced waxbill
                     14 Estrilda nonnula Hartlaub, 1883
                     15 Estrilda atricapilla J. Verreaux & E. Verreaux, 1851
                     16 Estrilda erythronotos (Vieillot, 1817)
                     17 Estrilda charmosyna (Reichenow, 1881)