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Blue-faced Parrotfinch
Erythrura trichroa(Kittlitz, 1833)
Native
- Order
- PASSERIFORMES
- Family
- Estrildidae
- Genus
- Erythrura
- Commonness
- Common
- Best seen
- Year-round
01 · Identification
How to tell it apart
The blue-faced parrotfinch is a locally common species of estrildid finch found in north-eastern Australia, eastern Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and New Caledonia, with disjunct populations in Micronesia and Palau. It has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 10,000,000 km2.
Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
02 · Where
Where to find it
- Breeding range
- Montane Sulawesi to north-east Australia, Vanuatu and Loyalty Is. (New Caledonia)
03 · When
When to look
Months this species is recorded across its Australian range.
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05 · Behaviour
Habits and haunts
06 · Gallery
Plumage up close
3 photos
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