Neornithes Gadow, 1893 - living birds
   Neognathae Pycraft 1900 see Cohort Neognathae Pycraft, 1900
     Neoaves Sibley et al. 1988 see Subcohort Neoaves Sibley et al., 1988
       [Order] Passeriformes Linnaeus, 1758
         oscines see Suborder Oscines
           Passerida - passeridans see Parvorder Passerida (C. Linnaeus, 1758) Sibley et al., 1988
             Passeroidea
               Family Estrildidae Bonaparte, 1850 - waxbills, grass finches, munias and allies
                 Subfamily Estrildinae
                   Genus Mandingoa E. Hartert, 1919 [monotypic]
                     Mandingoa nitidula (Hartlaub, 1865)