Waxbills (Estrildidae)
Crimson Finch (Neochmia phaeton) - HBW 15, p. 353
French: Diamant phaéton
German: Sonnenastrild
Spanish: Diamante Escarlata
Other common names: Blood/Red-tailed/Red-faced Finch, Australian Firefinch; Common Crimson Finch (phaeton); Pale/White-bellied Crimson Finch (evangelinae)
Taxonomy: Fringilla phaeton Hombron and Jacquinot, 1841, Raffles Bay, Northern Territory, Australia.
Proposed race albiventer (described from Claudie R, in NE Queensland) treated as a synonym of evangelinae. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- evangelinae D'Albertis & Salvadori, 1879 - S New Guinea (Trans-Fly region) and extreme NE Australia (S to C Cape York Peninsula).
- phaeton ( Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841) - N Western Australia (Kimberley Division), N Northern Territory and NW, NE & E Queensland.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A male in long grass, looking around Locality Cairns Crocodile Farm, Gordonvale, Queensland, Australia (ssp iredalei)
Keith Blomerley 1 November 2003 4 years ago 24 sec 4 -
A female perched and flying away Locality Tyto Wetland, Ingham, Queensland, Australia (ssp iredalei)
Peter Nash 24 October 2006 5 years ago 9 sec 3.9 -
A male on a small branch, rubbing its bill and singing Locality Tyto Wetland, Ingham, Queensland, Australia (ssp iredalei)
Peter Nash 24 October 2006 5 years ago 48 sec 3.3 -
A male in slow motion, perched, looking around and flying away Locality Northern Territory, Australia (ssp phaeton)
Rigdon Currie 31 October 2004 4 years ago 4 sec 3
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A male perched on a sapling.
Locality Fogg Dam Conservation Reserve, Northern Territory, Australia (ssp phaeton)
Nick Athanas 7 April 2006 3 years ago 4 -
Male
Locality Tyto Wetland, Ingham, Queensland, Australia
Lindsay Hansch 24 July 2009 49 weeks ago 3.6 -
A perched bird.
Locality Sentani Airport, Jayapura Regency, West Papua (Indonesia), New Guinea (ssp evangelinae)
mehdhalaouate 22 September 2005 2 years ago 3.5 -
Male Crimson Finch foraging
Locality Childers, Queensland, Australia
Rhonda Hansch 27 June 2006 5 weeks ago 3.3
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