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Weaverbird vs Estrildid - What's the difference?

weaverbird | estrildid |

As nouns the difference between weaverbird and estrildid

is that weaverbird is any of various Old World passerine birds, resembling finches, that build complex, communal nests while estrildid is any weaverbird of the family Estrildidae.

weaverbird

English

Noun

(wikipedia weaverbird) (en noun)
  • any of various Old World passerine birds, resembling finches, that build complex, communal nests

    • Synonyms

    * weaver * estrildid finch * weaver finch

    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)