LONG-TAILED FINCH

Photographed at Broome Bird Observatory, Western Australia, May 2015 (Race: acuticaudia)

595           LONG-TAILED FINCH           Poephila acuticauda

Australia        ( 438)  

Also known as Blackhearts.  15-16.5 cm. Found in grassy woodlands near water; coastal plains with pandanus. Range: coastal n. Aust., from Broome (WA), through Kimberley, Top End (NT), s. to c. Elliott; e. into nw. Q, to c. Burketown-Leichhardt R., s. to Mt. Isa region.