BirdUp · Species
Star Finch
Bathilda ruficauda(Gould, 1837)
Least ConcernEndemic
- Order
- PASSERIFORMES
- Family
- Estrildidae
- Genus
- Bathilda
- Conservation
- Least Concern
- Commonness
- Endemic
01 · Identification
How to tell it apart
The star finch is a seed-eating bird species found in northern Australia. It has a distinctive red face and bill, and broad white spots down its flanks. One of its three subspecies may be extinct.
Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
02 · Where
Where to find it
- Breeding range
- North-west to north-east (formerly east-central) Australia
05 · Behaviour
Habits and haunts
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