See text Parrotfinches are small, colourful passerine birds belonging to the genus Erythrura in the family Estrildidae, the estrildid finches.

They inhabit forest, bamboo thickets and grassland and some can be found in man-made habitats such as farmland, parks and gardens.

Three species, the green-faced, royal and pink-billed parrotfinches, are classed as vulnerable to extinction because of habitat loss and degradation.

The genus Erythrura was introduced in 1837 by the English naturalist William Swainson to accommodate the pin-tailed parrotfinch.

[5] The cladogram shown below is based on a molecular phylogenetic study of the Erythrura parrotfinches published in 2023.