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| Photographed on the Savannah Way, Northern Territory, May 2015 |
617 MASKED FINCH Poephila personata
Australia (460)
12.5-13.5 cm. Found near water in grasslands with shrubs, scattered timber; paperbarks. Feeds on ground. Race personata ranges from Broome (WA) through Kimberley; Top End (NT) s. to Victoria R. Downs-Newcastle Waters-Brunette Downs; Gulf Lowlands s. to Camooweal (Q). Race leucotis: s. C. York Pen. (Q) from c. lower Leichhardt R. , n. to Watson R., Princess Charlotte Bay, s. to c. Georgetown-Chillagoe. Fairly common, sedentary.
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| Darwin, January 2024 |
