bird family - a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings

Oscines, Passeres, suborder Oscines, suborder Passeres - two names for the suborder of typical songbirds

weaver finch, weaverbird, weaver - finch-like African and Asian colonial birds noted for their elaborately woven nests

genus Ploceus, Ploceus - type genus of the Ploceidae

genus Vidua, Vidua - whydahs

genus Padda, Padda - a genus of Ploceidae

Estrilda, genus Estrilda - avadavats

genus Poephila, Poephila - grassfinches