Waxbills (Estrildidae)
Black-throated Finch (Poephila cincta) - HBW 15, p. 359
French: Diamant à bavette
German: Gürtelamadine
Spanish: Diamante Gorjinegro
Other common names: Parson Finch; Black-tailed/Black-rumped/Diggles's Finch (atropygialis)
Taxonomy: Amadina cincta Gould, 1837, New South Wales, Australia.
Forms a superspecies with P. acuticauda. Race atropygialis has been considered a distinct species, differing morphologically, but the two forms intergrade over a broad area, are nearly identical in song and display behaviour and, in mixed aviaries, show no tendency for assortative mating; in breeding experiments with captives, black rump colour dominant over white, and in some offspring black rump has some white feathers. Proposed race nigrotecta (described from Chester R, in N Cape York Peninsula) is a synonym of atropygialis, which varies clinally. Two subspecies.. View all taxonomy...
Forms a superspecies with P. acuticauda. Race atropygialis has been considered a distinct species, differing morphologically, but the two forms intergrade over a broad area, are nearly identical in song and display behaviour and, in mixed aviaries, show no tendency for assortative mating; in breeding experiments with captives, black rump colour dominant over white, and in some offspring black rump has some white feathers. Proposed race nigrotecta (described from Chester R, in N Cape York Peninsula) is a synonym of atropygialis, which varies clinally. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- atropygialis Diggles, 1876 - NE Queensland (C & S Cape York Peninsula, S to SE Gulf of Carpentaria and upper Mitchell R drainage), in NE Australia.
- cincta ( Gould, 1837) - EC Queensland S from Townsille and upper Burdekin R basin.
- Near Threatened Enlarge map
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A frontal and a dorsal view of a bird on a branch. Locality Berlin Zoo, Berlin, Germany
Josep del Hoyo 21 March 2008 2 years ago 22 sec 4.3 -
A bird with a feather in the bill, moving on branches. Locality Berlin Zoo, Berlin, Germany
Josep del Hoyo 21 March 2008 2 years ago 34 sec 3.3
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A bird on a branch.
Locality Berlin Zoo, Berlin, Germany
Josep del Hoyo 21 March 2008 2 years ago 3.5 -
Two birds perched in a tree
Locality Cumberland Dam, Georgetown, Queensland, Australia (ssp atropygialis)
Tommy Pedersen 20 August 2001 34 weeks ago 2.4
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