The Shaft-tail Finch (Poephila acuticauda), also known as the Long-tailed Finch is a common species of estrildid finch found in Australia. It is also known as the Blackheart Finch, Heck’s grassfinch, and Heck’s finch. Opal Shaft-tails are a...

The Double-barred finch (Taeniopygia bichenovii), or Owl Finch, is an estrildid finch found in dry savannah, tropical (lowland) dry grassland and shrubland habitats in northern and eastern Australia. They are sometimes referred to as Bicheno’s...

The long-tailed Paradise Whydah or Eastern Paradise Whydah (Vidua paradisaea) is a small brown sparrow-like bird of Eastern Africa, from eastern South Sudan to southern Angola. During the breeding season the male moults into breeding plumage that consists...