Alternative name: Red-browed Firetail
- Neochmia temporalis
Identification
11·5 cm (4½ in)
Male: red stripe ends in straight line. Femal: red stripe ends in point.
Distribution
East coast of Australia.
Taxonomy
Subspecies
There are 2 subspecies
- N. t. minor:
- North East Queensland (Cape York Peninsula)
- N. t temporalis:
- East Australia (north-eastern Queensland to southern Victoria and south-eastern South Australia)
Habitat
Graphic by Nrg800
Open forests, woodland, mangrove forests, swamps, orchards; city and town parks and gardens.
Behaviour
Diet
Their diet consists mostly of grass and weed seeds and the seeds from fruit and berries. They also sometimes eat insects.
Breeding
They build a domed nest of grass which has an entrance at the side. The clutch consists of 4-5 white, oval eggs. Both adults share incubation and brooding by day and roost together in the nest at night.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2017. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017, with updates to August 2017. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved Oct 2017)
- Birdata.com.au - Info for Distribution Map
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Red-browed Finch. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 28 December 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Red-browed_Finch
External Links
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