Neochmia is a genus of estrildid finches found in Australasia. They are gregarious seed-eaters with short, thick, but pointed bills.
Neochmia | |
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Red-browed finch (Neochmia temporalis) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Estrildidae |
Genus: | Neochmia G.R. Gray, 1849[1][2] |
Type species | |
Fringilla phaeton[3] Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841
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Species | |
N. temporalis |
Species
editThe members are:[4]
Common name | Scientific name and subspecies | Range | Size and ecology | IUCN status and estimated population |
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Red-browed finch | Neochmia temporalis (Latham, 1801) |
northern Queensland, and south-east of Australia |
Size: Habitat: Diet: |
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Crimson finch | Neochmia phaeton (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841) |
Northern Australia with some residing in New Guinea | Size: Habitat: Diet: |
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References
edit- ^ Gray, G.R. (1849). "The Genera of Birds : comprising their generic characters and an extensive list of species, Volume 2". The Genera of Birds. 2: 369.
- ^ Salomonsen, F. (1968). Paynter, R.A. Jnr. (ed.). Check-list of birds of the world (Volume 14). Vol. 14. Cambridge, Mass.: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 356.
- ^ "Estrildidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David (eds.). "Waxbills, parrotfinches, munias, whydahs, Olive Warbler, accentors & pipits". World Bird List Version 5.4. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
Further reading
edit- Clement, Harris and Davis, Finches and Sparrows ISBN 0-7136-8017-2