BirdUp · Species
Masked Finch
Poephila personataGould, 1842
Endemic
- Order
- PASSERIFORMES
- Family
- Estrildidae
- Genus
- Poephila
- Commonness
- Endemic
- Best seen
- Year-round
01 · Identification
How to tell it apart
The masked finch is a small passerine bird in the estrildid finch family, Estrildidae. It is a common resident of dry savannah across northern Australia, from the Kimberley, across the Top End, the Gulf country and the southern part of Cape York Peninsula, as far east as Chillagoe, but always near water.
Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
02 · Where
Where to find it
- Breeding range
- North Australia
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
5 photos
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