Red-browed Finch Neochmia temporalis Red-browed Firetail

Red-browed Finch Neochmia temporalis
(aka Red-browed Firetail)

Australia

The Red-browed Finch is distributed from Cape York, Queensland down the eastern coast of Australia to the south-east corner of Southern Australia including Kangaroo Island. It is found in a wide variety of habitats including forest clearings, scrub, agricultural land, golf-courses and gardens.

It has a red bill, eyebrow and rump. Upperparts are olive-green while the tail is black and underparts are grey. The immature lacks the red bill and eyebrow as can be seen in photo 3.

Additional information is available via Avibase.

Red-browed Finch, near Kuranda, Queensland, Australia, November 2010 - click for larger image

Red-browed Finch, near Adelaide, South Australia, September 2013 - click for larger image

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