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Friday, November 4, 2016

TAWNY-BREASTED PARROTFINCH

Photographed on Lombok, Indonesia November 2016
(880)              TAWNY-BREASTED PARROTFINCH              Erythrura hyperthra  

INDONESIA (Lombok)          (103)        

Occurs in forest edges and bamboo thickets where it feeds on seeds and probably some insects. 10 cm. Distribution: Sunda and Wallacea subregions into the Philippines in Indonesia; a generally rare montane resident on Java and northern Kalimantan as well as on Sulawesi, Lombok, Sumbawa and Flores.

Note: listed as rare, secretive, active and difficult to watch.