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  Red-browed Finch ( Neochmia temporalis )



Red-browed Finch | Neochmia temporalis photo
Red-browed Finch cleaning up seeds at Lamington National Park

Photograph by ozwildlife. Some rights reserved.

RED-BROWED FINCH FACTS

distribution map showing range of Neochmia temporalis in Australia

Description
The Red-browed Finch is a green and grey bird with bright red eyebrow, rump and beak.

Size
11cm

Environment
grassy areas next to dense vegetation, often along creeks.

Food
seeds and insects

Breeding
The nest is domed with a side tunnel entrance. It is made of twigs and grass stems built in a dense shrub 1-2m from the ground. It lays 4-5 eggs.

Range
east of the Great Dividing Range from Cape York in Queensland to South Australia



Classification
Class:Aves
Order:Passeriformes
Family:Estrildidae
Genus:Neochmia
Species:temporalis
Common Name:Red-browed Finch