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Estrildid vs Parrotfinch - What's the difference?

estrildid | parrotfinch |

As nouns the difference between estrildid and parrotfinch

is that estrildid is (zoology) any weaverbird of the family estrildidae while parrotfinch is a small, colourful passerine estrildid bird.

estrildid

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (zoology) Any weaverbird of the family Estrildidae.
  • * 1968 , Breviora , Issues 280-309, page 50,
    • Estrildids and ploceids are clearly different in courtship posture, clutch size, egg coloration, pattern in mouth of the young, and mode of begging of the young.
  • * 1996 , Gordon L. Maclean, Ecophysiology of Desert Birds , page 100,
    • Marschall and Prinzinger (1991) subjected five species of estrildids to the following calculation from laboratory measurements under different TA: O2 consumption, CO2 production, RMR, TNZ, conductance and TB.
  • * 2008 , James L. Goodson, Chapter 1: Nonapeptides and the evolutionary patterning of sociality , page 8,
    • The estrildids are all monogamous (forming long-term or life-long pair bonds) and exhibit biparental care.

    Synonyms

    * (any species of Estrildidae)

    See also

    * (Estrildid finch) * (Estrildidae) * (Estrildidae)

    parrotfinch

    English

    Noun

    (es) (wikipedia parrotfinch)
  • A small, colourful passerine estrildid bird.