Australian Finches
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Estrildid Finches
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Painted Firetail
(Emblema pictum)
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The Painted Firetail is a beautiful finch. It is brown above, and underside is black with white spots. The face and the rump are bright scarlet red. The bill is red with blue spot at base of lower mandible. The female is duller with less red on face... Click to continue>
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Blue-faced Parrot-Finch
(Erythrura trichroa)
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Gouldian Finch
(Erythrura gouldiae)
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The Gouldian Finch is a beautiful finch with a bright green back, yellow belly and a purple breast. Most birds have a black face, but about 25% have red faces, and yellow-faced forms are rare. The males are brighter colours than the females.... Click to continue>
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Chestnut-breasted Mannikin
(Lonchura castaneothorax)
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The Chestnut-breasted Mannikin is a small finch with strong silvery bill Click to continue>
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Java Sparrow
(Lonchura oryzivora)
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Nutmeg Munia
(Lonchura punctulata)
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Crimson Finch
(Neochmia phaeton)
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Plum-headed Finch
(Neochmia modesta)
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Red-browed Finch
(Neochmia temporalis)
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The Red-browed Finch is a green and grey bird with bright red eyebrow, rump and beak. Click to continue>
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Star Finch
(Neochmia ruficauda)
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Long-tailed Finch
(Poephila acuticauda)
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Beautiful Firetail
(Stagonopleura bella)
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Diamond Firetail
(Stagonopleura guttata)
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The Diamond Firetail is a small colourful finch. It has grey head, brown back and white underside with a crimson rump. There is a black band across its neck which continues down the side where it is spotted with white. The bill and eye ring are... Click to continue>
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Double-barred Finch
(Taeniopygia bichenovii)
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The Double-barred Finch is a long-tailed grass-finch with white face bordered black, distinctively patterned like an owl face. The bird is grey-brown, with white underparts banded black above and below the chest. The wings are black, spotted white,... Click to continue>
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Zebra Finch
(Taeniopygia guttata)
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Fringilline Finches
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Common Redpoll
(Carduelis flammea)
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European Goldfinch
(Carduelis carduelis)
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European Greenfinch
(Carduelis chloris)
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Sparrows
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Eurasian Tree Sparrow
(Passer montanus)
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House Sparrow
(Passer domesticus)
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