estrildid

English

An estrildid (Estrilda astrild)

Etymology

From translingual Estrildidae.

Noun

estrildid (plural estrildids)

(zoology) Any weaverbird of the family Estrildidae.
- 1968, Breviora, numbers 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 T_A: O₂ consumption, CO₂ production, RMR, TNZ, conductance and T_B.
- 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): estrildid finch

See also

Estrildid finch on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Estrildidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Category:Estrildidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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