The last decades taxonomist classified the Gouldian finch (aka the Lady Gouldian finch, Gould’s finch or the rainbow finch) in the genus Erythrura. New research of the family Estrildidae, based on DNA research, using two mitochondrial and five nuclear markers, gain new insight [1]. Based on these results scientists propose the name Chloebia gouldiae instead of Erythrura gouldiae for the Goudian finch [1], [2], [3].
Other proposed taxonomy for Estrildidae:
Species not included in the analyses assumed to belong in these genera are marked with an asterisk (*).
| Proposed revised taxonomy | Gill and Donsker (2019) | del Hoyo and Collar (2016) |
| Glaucestrilda caerulescens | Estrilda caerulescens | Estrilda caerulescens |
| Glaucestrilda perreini | Estrilda perreini | Estrilda perreini |
| Glaucestrilda thomensis* | Estrilda thomensis | Estrilda thomensis |
| Brunhilda erythronotos | Estrilda erythronotos | Estrilda erythronotos |
| Brunhilda charmosyna* | Estrilda charmosyna | Estrilda charmosyna |
| Delacourella capistrata | Nesocharis capistrata | Nesocharis capistrata |
| Granatina ianthinogaster | Uraeginthus ianthinogaster | Granatina ianthinogaster |
| Granatina granatinus | Uraeginthus granatinus | Granatina granatinus |
| Spermestes bicolor | Lonchura bicolor | Spermestes bicolor |
| Spermestes nigriceps* | Lonchura nigriceps | Spermestes bicolor nigriceps |
| Spermestes fringilloides | Lonchura fringilloides | Spermestes fringilloides |
| Spermestes cucullata | Lonchura cucullata | Spermestes cucullata |
| Spermestes griseicapilla | Odontospiza caniceps | Odontospiza griseicapilla |
| Mayrimunia leucosticta | Lonchura leucosticta | Lonchura leucosticta |
| Mayrimunia tristissima* | Lonchura tristissima | Lonchura tristissima |
| Padda oryzivora | Lonchura oryzivora | Lonchura oryzivora |
| Padda fuscata* | Lonchura fuscata | Lonchura fuscata |
| Bathilda ruficauda | Neochmia ruficauda | Neochmia ruficauda |
| Aidemosyne modesta | Neochmia modesta | Neochmia modesta |
| Taeniopygia castanotis | Taeniopygia guttata castanotis | Taeniopygia castanotis |
| Stizoptera bichenovii | Taeniopygia bichenovii | Taeniopygia bichenovii |
| Chloebia gouldiae | Erythrura gouldiae | Chloebia gouldiae |
Literature
[1] U. Olsson en P. Alström, ‘A comprehensive phylogeny and taxonomic evaluation of the waxbills (Aves: Estrildidae)’, Mol. Phylogenet. Evol., vol. 146, p. 106757, mei 2020, doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2020.106757.
[2] M. J. Miller, ‘HBW and birdlife international illustrated checklist of the birds of the world volume 2: passerines’. JSTOR, 2017.
[3] del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., 2016. HBW and BirdLife International illustrated checklist of the birds of the world. Volume 2: Passerines. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
