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Parrotfinches are small, colourful passerine birds belonging to the genus Erythrura in the family Estrildidae, the estrildid finches.
 
1/ Pin-tailed parrotfinch (Di xanh, Erythrura prasina)

Pin-tailed parrotfinch 
(Di xanh, Erythrura prasina)

The pin-tailed parrotfinch (Erythrura prasina) is a common species of estrildid finch found in Southeast Asia: Malaysia, Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Burma, Vietnam, Thailand and China.

The word Estrildidae is derived from the Greek word "estrildis" meaning "sparrow-like," and the Latin suffix "-idae," denoting a family of animals.
Erythrura: Greek eruthros red.
prasina Latin prasinus leek-green (from Greek prasinos leek-green).