Order: PASSERIFORMES - Family: ESTRILDIDAE

141 Species currently existing - 2 introduced

Waxbills are introduced birds, not native. Records are local and scattered, mainly in open, human-modified habitats rather than natural forest. They may occur around towns, farms, gardens, grassy lots, and wetlands where escaped or established populations can survive.

Tricolored Munia

Lonchura malacca
Spanish Name: Monjita Tricolor

Size: 4.7 in | 12 cm
Habitat: rice fields, farms, gardens, grassy lots
Height: 400 - 2600 m

Photo: © Shashidhar Joshi eBird S251274111 Macaulay Library ML 637727864

Chestnut Munia

Lonchura atricapilla
Spanish Name: Monjita Castaña

Size: 4.7 in | 12 cm
Habitat: rice fields, farms, gardens, grassy lots
Height: 400 - 2600 m