Wednesday, August 13, 2014

CRIMSON FINCH

Photographed Townsville Common, August 2014. Male above, female with red head and brown body.

226            CRIMSON FINCH           Neochmia phaeton

Australia        (226)

12.5-14 cm. Found near water, cane grass, pandanus, paperbark, crops, roadsides and gardens. Range from Broome across Leichhardt River, a pocket on west coast of Cape York, and down e. coast to Mackay.

























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