Australian Finches
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FAMILY : Estrildid Finches
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Painted Firetail
(Emblema pictum) |
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The Painted Firetail is a beautiful finch. It is brown above, and underside is black with white spots. The face and the rump are bright scarlet red. The bill is red with blue spot at base of lower mandible. The female is duller with less red on face... Click to continue> |
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Blue-faced Parrot-Finch
(Erythrura trichroa) |
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The Blue-faced Parrot-Finch is a brightly coloured finch with a blue head, green body and red rump and red upper surface on the tail. The female is similar to the male but has less blue on the face. Juveniles have all green head and duller tail. Click to continue> |
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Gouldian Finch
(Erythrura gouldiae) |
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The Gouldian Finch is a beautiful finch with a bright green back, yellow belly and a purple breast. Most birds have a black face, but about 25% have red faces, and yellow-faced forms are rare. The males are brighter colours than the females.... Click to continue> |
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Chestnut-breasted Mannikin
(Lonchura castaneothorax) |
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The Chestnut-breasted Mannikin is a small finch with strong silvery bill Click to continue> |
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Java Sparrow
(Lonchura oryzivora) |
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Nutmeg Munia
(Lonchura punctulata) |
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Crimson Finch
(Neochmia phaeton) |
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Males: mostly bright red; blackish on crown; wings and back a mix of red and brown; red front. Females: red on face and tail; back and front brown. Both sexes have fine white spots on flanks. Birds from NT, WA and north Qld (subspecies... Click to continue> |
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Plum-headed Finch
(Neochmia modesta) |
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Red-browed Finch
(Neochmia temporalis) |
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The Red-browed Finch is a green and grey bird with bright red eyebrow, rump and beak. Click to continue> |
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Star Finch
(Neochmia ruficauda) |
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Black-throated Finch
(Poephila cincta) |
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Long-tailed Finch
(Poephila acuticauda) |
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Head grey-blue, throat black, back and wings brown. The pale pastel brown of the belly is separated from the white rump and vent by a black bar. Tail long and black. Birds from Top End and Gulf (subspecies hecki) have a red bill; birds from... Click to continue> |
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Masked Finch
(Poephila personata) |
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Beautiful Firetail
(Stagonopleura bella) |
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The Beautiful Firetail is a small tubby bird with a scarlet beak and rump. It has a black mask and pale blue eye-ring. The upper parts are a dark grey-brown finely barred with black and white. Under parts are lighter and also barred black and white.... Click to continue> |
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Diamond Firetail
(Stagonopleura guttata) |
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The Diamond Firetail is a small colourful finch. It has grey head, brown back and white underside with a crimson rump. There is a black band across its neck which continues down the side where it is spotted with white. The bill and eye ring are... Click to continue> |
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Double-barred Finch
(Taeniopygia bichenovii) |
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The Double-barred Finch is a long-tailed grass-finch with white face bordered black, distinctively patterned like an owl face. The bird is grey-brown, with white underparts banded black above and below the chest. The wings are black, spotted white,... Click to continue> |
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Zebra Finch
(Taeniopygia guttata) |
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Head and throat grey, with a long black comma under the eye and a matching white patch between it and the red bill. Wings and back brown. Tail banded black and white. Males have a distinct orange cheek patch, black-barred throats, a black... Click to continue> |
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FAMILY : Fringilline Finches
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Common Redpoll
(Carduelis flammea) |
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The Common Redpoll is native to the northern hemisphere and has been introduced to Macquarie Island. It is a fairly small finch. It is brown-grey in colour with dark streaks and a red patch on the forehead, and black throat. Males have reddish... Click to continue> |
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European Goldfinch
(Carduelis carduelis) |
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The European Goldfinch is a small finch native to Europe. It has been introduced to numerous other countries including Australia. The head is black and white with a red face. The upper parts are pale brown and underside is pale. The wings are black... Click to continue> |
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European Greenfinch
(Carduelis chloris) |
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The European Greenfinch is native to Europe, north Africa and south west Asia, and has been introduced to Australia and New Zealand. The male is mainly green with yellow on the wings and tail. The females and young birds are more brownish in colour... Click to continue> |
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FAMILY : Sparrows
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Eurasian Tree Sparrow
(Passer montanus) |
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House Sparrow
(Passer domesticus) |
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Male: upper body grey-brown; underparts light grey; back of neck brown; back and wings brown with black streaks. Female: similar to male, but head light grey-brown. Body up to 15 cm long.
Introduced in 1863, House Sparrows are now widely... Click to continue> |
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