Waxbills (Estrildidae)
Star Finch (Neochmia ruficauda) - HBW 15, p. 354
French: Diamant à queue rousse
German: Binsenastrild
Spanish: Diamante Colirrojo
Other common names: Red-tailed/Red-faced Finch, Rufous-tailed/Red-faced Grassfinch
Taxonomy: Amadina ruficauda Gould, 1837, "New Holland" = interior of New South Wales, Australia.
Sometimes placed in a monotypic genus, Bathilda. Proposed race subclarescens (described from Parry Creek, in NE Western Australia) appears to exhibit no constant differences from clarescens, and is synonymized with latter. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- clarescens ( E. J. O. Hartert, 1899) - N Western Australia (S to Gascoyne R and lower Fitzroy drainage) E to N Northern Territory (S to middle Victoria R and middle McArthur R) and N Queensland (Gulf of Carpenteria and Cape York Peninsula).
- ruficauda ( Gould, 1837) - WC & coastal E Queensland.
- Near Threatened Enlarge map
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Several birds perched in vegetation Locality Queensland, Australia (ssp ruficauda)
Peter Nash 24 October 2006 4 years ago 46 sec 3.5 -
Two birds feeding on a bush Locality Adelaide Zoo, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Nick Talbot 30 September 2004 6 years ago 8 sec 3
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adult bird perched
Locality Kununurra, Western Australia, Australia (ssp subclarescens)
Mat Gilfedder 14 September 2005 2 years ago 3.5 -
An alert male perching with juvenile Gouldian finch.
Locality Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
Nathan Gregory 28 September 2011 18 weeks ago 2.8 -
A female with a male Zebra Finch.
Locality Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia
Nathan Gregory 28 September 2011 18 weeks ago 2.8 -
Two birds perched on a branch.
Locality Parrot Park (NOP), Veldhoven, North Brabant Province, Netherlands
Tomasz Doroń 25 June 2009 2 years ago 2
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