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.

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