Estrildid

Origin

From Translingual Estrildidae.

Full definition of estrildid

Noun

1. (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 T_A

• 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