dull-grays and browns. Tropical mockingbird, Mimus gilvus Chalk-browed mockingbird, Mimus saturninus White-banded mockingbird, Mimus triurusStarlings Order: PasseriformesFamily: Sturnidae Starlings are small to medium-sized passerine birds. Their flight is strong and direct and they are very gregarious. Their preferred habitat is fairly open country. They eat insects and fruit. Plumage is typically dark with a metallic sheen. European starling, Sturnus vulgaris (I) Estreldids Order: PasseriformesFamily: Estrildidae The estrildid finches are small passerine birds of the Old World tropics and Australasia. They are gregarious and often colonial seed eaters with short thick but pointed bills. They are all similar in structure and habits, but have wide variation in plumage colours and patterns. Common waxbill, Estrilda astrild (I) Old World sparrows Order: PasseriformesFamily: Passeridae Old World sparrows are small passerine birds. In general, sparrows tend to be small, plump, brown or grey birds with short tails and short powerful beaks. Old World sparrow are seed eaters, but they also consume small insects. House sparrow, Passer domesticus (I) Pipits and wagtails Order: PasseriformesFamily: Motacillidae Motacillidae is a family of small passerine birds with medium to long tails. They include the wagtails, longclaws and pipits. They are slender, ground feeding insectivores of open country. Yellowish pipit, Anthus chii Short-billed pipit, Anthus furcatus Correndera pipit, Anthus correndera Ochre-breasted pipit, Anthus nattereri (vulnerable) Hellmayr's pipit, Anthus hellmayriFinches Order: PasseriformesFamily: Fringillidae Finches are seed-eating passerine birds, that are small to moderately large and have a strong beak, usually conical and in some species very large. All have twelve tail feathers and nine primaries. These birds have a bouncing flight with alternating bouts of flapping and gliding on closed wings, and most sing well. European greenfinch, Chloris chloris (H) European goldfinch, Carduelis carduelis, (I) Yellow-faced siskin, Spinus yarrellii (E) (vulnerable) Hooded siskin, Spinus magellanicus Golden-rumped euphonia, Chlorophonia cyanocephala Blue-naped chlorophonia, Chlorophonia cyanea Plumbeous euphonia, Euphonia plumbea Purple-throated euphonia, Euphonia chlorotica Finsch's euphonia, Euphonia finschi Golden-bellied euphonia, Euphonia chrysopasta White-vented euphonia, Euphonia minuta Green-throated euphonia, Euphonia chalybea (near-threatened) Violaceous euphonia, Euphonia violacea Thick-billed euphonia, Euphonia laniirostris Orange-bellied euphonia, Euphonia xanthogaster Golden-sided euphonia, Euphonia cayennensis Rufous-bellied euphonia, Euphonia rufiventris Chestnut-bellied euphonia, Euphonia pectoralisSparrows Order: PasseriformesFamily: Passerellidae Most of the species are known as sparrows, but these birds are not closely related to the Old World sparrows which are in the family Passeridae. Many of these have distinctive head patterns. Grassland sparrow, Ammodramus humeralis Yellow-browed sparrow, Ammodramus aurifrons Black-striped sparrow, Arremonops conirostris