Waxbills (Estrildidae)
Masked Finch (Poephila personata) - HBW 15, p. 358
French: Diamant masqué
German: Maskenamadine
Spanish: Diamante Enmascarado
Other common names: Masked Grassfinch; White-eared Grassfinch (leucotis)
Taxonomy: Poephila personata Gould, 1842, interior from Port Essington = Cobourg Peninsula, Northern Territory, Australia.
Sometimes separated in a monotypic genus, Neopoephila. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- personata Gould, 1842 - Western Australia (from Kimberley Division) E to NW Queensland (SE Gulf of Carpenteria at lower Nicholson R).
- leucotis Gould, 1847 - N Queensland from Cape York Peninsula S to SE Gulf of Carpenteria (lower Norman R) and, in E, to Cairns area.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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