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Members' reported breedings

For some of the species below, charts have been drawn up that provide an at-a-glance overview of breeding records submitted by WFS members from 1992 to 2007. Where such a chart exists it is linked from the common name in the first column. Many thanks to Errol Crosbie for his work on drawing up the charts and for his permission to use them.

    1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005
2006
2007
2008
TOTAL
AURORA FINCH Pytilia phoenicoptera       6 9 1   1 7 1   10 28 33 24 18
23
 161
AFRICAN SILVERBILL Lonchura malabarica cantans   2   7 23 18 14 15 31 14 80 13 21 95 65 201
203
 802
BAR-BREASTED FIREFINCH Lagonosticta rufopicta                       3  
   
3
BIBFINCH Lepidopygia nana                          
15
 16 16
30
 77
BLACK-BELLIED FIREFINCH Lagonosticta rara                       7  
6
 2 2
2
 19
BLACK-CHEEKED WAXBILL Estrilda erythronotus       6 9 1   1   6 5 6 9 15 13 30
30
 131
BLACK-CROWNED WAXBILL Estrilda nonnula       5 19 15 2     6 19 31 49 16 8 7
3
 180
BLACK-FACED FIREFINCH Lagonisticta larvata                           2 11 22
20
 55
BLACK MUNIA Lonchura stygia         1                      
1
BLACK & WHITE MANNIKIN Lonchura bicolor             11     8   1     2 39
30
 91
BLACK-HEADED NUN Lonchura atricapilla           4           7       20
24
 55
BLUE-BILLED FIREFINCH Lagonosticta rubricata                 7     6 2 8 2 12
16
 53
BLUE-BREASTED WAXBILL Uraeginthus angolensis                 4 2      
4
 3 3
16
BLUE-CAPPED WAXBILL Uraeginthus cyanocephala   47 31 66 43 14 43 28 14 3 24 41 17 60 45 162
173
 811
BRONZE-WINGED MANNIKIN Lonchura cucullata                     2   2 20   23
29
 76
BROWN TWINSPOT Clytospiza monteiri                     7   4 41 3  
7
 62
CHESTNUT-BREASTED FINCH Lonchura castaneothorax                             40 59
87
 186
CHOCOLATE SILVERBILL Lonchura malabarica xxxx                       23 29 13 21 31
117
CUT-THROAT FINCH Amandina fasciata       12 4 18 20 4 18 6 19 5 5 21 59 163
330
 684
DYBOWSKI'S TWINSPOT Euschistopiza dybowskii   14 22 28 6 5   4 19 7   1 5 14 15 13
12
 165
DUSKY MANNIKIN Lonchura fuscans                          
1
 5 38
84
 128
DUSKY TWINSPOT Euschistopiza cinereovinacia                   2            
2
FAWN SILVERBILL Lonchura malabarica (mutation)                             7  
7
GOLD-BREASTED WAXBILL Amandava subflava   53 112 172 89 76 51 16 21 12 62 59 52 83 75 146
87
 1166
GRAND VALLEY MANNIKIN Lonchura teerinki             2 11   2   3        
18
GREEN AVADAVAT Amandava formosa 3 3 6 26 18 10   3                
69
GREEN-BACKED TWINSPOT Mandingoa nitidula     5 4 2 1   8 7       3 6    
36
GREY-CROWNED MANNIKIN Lonchura nevermanni                   13 10 8        
31
GREY-HEADED OLIVEBACK Nesocharis capistrata                     3       3  
6
INDIAN SILVERBILL Lonchura malabarica malabarica           18 28 7 12 22 30   41 7 1 34
65
 265
JAVA SPARROW Padda oryzivora 16 17         41 16 39 43 35 66 41 29 60 54
70
 527
JAVANESE MANNIKIN Lonchura leucogastroides     15       2 15 19 22 21 11 7 3 7 36
2
 160
KULIKORA FIREFINCH Lagonostica virata                          
5
    
5
LAVENDER WAXBILL Estrilda caerulescens 8 27 15 8   8 13 5 14 11 2 1 5 12 40 4
9
 182
MAGPIE MANNIKIN Lonchura fringilloides                 1   12 30 5 6 8 38
4
 104
MELBA FINCH Pytilia melba               1       7 6 12 16 15
15
 72
MOLUCCAN MANNIKIN Lonchura molucca             27 24 26     1 1     36
65
 180
NEW BRITAIN MANNIKIN Lonchura spectabilis       6 2                      
2
 10
ORANGE-CHEEKED WAXBILL Estrilda melpoda 8 1 19 15 7 35 26 10 6   19 22 45 32 11 48
44
 348
ORANGE-WINGED PYTILIA Pytilia afra                           1 56 26
3
 86
PEARL-HEADED SILVERBILL Lonchura griseicapilla                 4 4 2 21 35 29 40 16
10
 161
PETER'S TWINSPOT Hypargos niveoguttatus   14 16 36 14 1   1       9 5 15 31 33
29
 204
PURPLE GRENADIER Ureaginthus ianthinogaster   35 31 48 1 27     11 4     2 16   12
7
 194
RED AVADAVAT Amandava amandava 21 11 16 43 17 13 4 12 11 10 8 6 34 36 19 19
72
 352
RED-BILLED FIREFINCH Lagonosticta senegalus 2 21 40 75 67 38 35 10 11 16 22 51 48 90 45 77
51
 699
RED-CHEEKED CORDON BLEU Ureaginthus bengalus 7 28 70 37 47 50 58 42 28 33 32 52 87 36 62 95
116
 880
RED-EARED WAXBILL Estrilda troglodytes 9 2 6 17 1 28 6 10 1 14 18 48 31 37 30 51
29
 338
ROSY TWINSPOT Hypargos margaritatus                         3      
3
RED-HEADED FINCH Amadina erythrocephala             2               11 46
105
 164
RUFOUS-BACKED MANNIKIN Lonchura fringilloides                             4 17
26
 47
ST. HELENA WAXBILL Estrilda astrild 7 16 30 19 11   3   9       14 7 14 19
28
 177
SPICE FINCH Lonchura punctulata     17 9 7           3   13 30 26 86
131
 322
SUNDEVALL WAXBILL Estrilda rhodopygia       4 4             10 4 24 6 1
53
TIMOR SPARROW Lonchura fuscata                             1 22
23
TRI-COLOURED MANNIKIN Lonchura malacca             7            
3
 17  
27
VIOLET-EARED WAXBILL Ureaginthus granatina   13 20 10 13 17 23 51 44 24 17 9
 4
10
 14 49
17
 335
WESTERN BLUEBILL Spermophaga haematina         3     2 2       8 7 7 5
34
WHITE-BACKED MANNIKIN Lonchura acuticauda     9                          
9
WHITE-HEADED NUN Lonchura maja 1 27 4 1           7   4 4 9 2 38
31
 128
WHITE-RUMPED MANNIKIN Lonchura striata       4                        
4
WHITE-SPOTTED MANNIKIN Lonchura leucosticta                   1   6        
7
YELLOW-BELLIED WAXBILL Estrilda melanotis                           9 3 1
13
YELLOW-WINGED PYTILIA Pytilia hypogrammica                 5 4 1 29 19 16 29 39
34
 176
                                   
 
  TOTALS 82 331 484 664 417 398 418 297 371 297 453 607 688 934 979 1922
2155
 11362
                                   
 
  No. of Returns 4 12 23 33 35 50 51 30 30 24 34 30 44 60
60
81
67
  
  No. of Species 10 17 19 25 23 22 22 23 28 26 25 30 36 43
46
46
41
  
  Membership     138 149 188 178 180 169 168 168 176 226 238 280
268
314
286
  

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