Definition of "estrildid"

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.

1968, Breviora, numbers 280-309, page 50

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.

1996, Gordon L. Maclean, Ecophysiology of Desert Birds‎, page 100

The estrildids are all monogamous (forming long-term or life-long pair bonds) and exhibit biparental care.

2008, James L. Goodson, Chapter 1: Nonapeptides and the evolutionary patterning of sociality‎, page 8