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Message: <blockquote data-quote="pbjosh" data-source="post: 3608325" data-attributes="member: 117939">For me picture 3 looks like a definite Munia.Pictures 2 and 5 - I agree the bills look a touch big for Sporophila, but perhaps not impossible. In size comparison with the Munia, though, and looking at the bill, I would firmly rule out Large-billed Seed-Finch, that is a larger bird with a definitely larger bill to my eye.I think Chestnut-bellied Seed-Finch or a Sporophila is possible, and the Scaly-breasted Munia option is interesting, compare this image:<a href="http://nagpurbirds.org/scalybreastedmunia/picture/1624" target="_blank">http://nagpurbirds.org/scalybreastedmunia/picture/1624</a>However, looking at records and probability, I believe Chestnut-bellied SF is somewhat rare in T&T per eBird, and there is not a common Sporophila that you would expect to have such a large, dark bill, and Scaly-breasted Munia is, as yet, unrecorded. Perhaps the most likely answers are Chestnut-bellied Seed-Finch or Tricolored Munia juvenile.Look at this picture:<a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/naturephotosbysoumya/28839132610/" target="_blank">https://www.flickr.com/photos/naturephotosbysoumya/28839132610/</a>I don't know if it is correctly ID'd but perhaps juveniles can have dark bills?</blockquote>