Waxbills (Estrildidae)
Tawny-breasted Parrotfinch (Erythrura hyperythra) - HBW 15, p. 346
French: Diamant à queue verte
German: Bambuspapageiamadine
Spanish: Diamante Coliverde
Other common names: Bamboo/Green-tailed Parrofinch, Bamboo Munia
Taxonomy: Chlorura hyperythra Reichenbach, 1863, New Guinea; error = Java.
Sometimes separated in a monotypic genus, Reichenowia. Proposed race malayana (described from Cameron Highlands, in Peninsular Malaysia) is synonymized with borneensis, ernstmayri (from Wawa Karaeng, Lompobattang, in SW Sulawesi) with microrhyncha, and obscura (from Sita, in W Flores) with intermedia. Five subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- borneensis ( Sharpe, 1889) - Peninsular Malaysia (Cameron Highlands) and N Borneo.
- brunneiventris ( Ogilvie-Grant, 1894) - N Philippine Is (Luzon and Mindoro).
- hyperythra ( Reichenbach, 1863) - Java.
- borneensis ( Sharpe, 1889) - Peninsular Malaysia (Cameron Highlands) and N Borneo.
- brunneiventris ( Ogilvie-Grant, 1894) - N Philippine Is (Luzon and Mindoro).
- hyperythra ( Reichenbach, 1863) - Java.
- microrhyncha ( Stresemann, 1931) - Sulawesi.
- intermedia ( E. J. O. Hartert, 1896) - W Lesser Sundas (Lombok, Sumbawa, Flores).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Male perched circa 20 meters up a bare tree, outside its presumed nest (ball of moss) Locality Flores, Lesser Sundas (Monotypic species)
mark sutton 22 June 2009 3 years ago 27 sec 3
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Perched 20m up in a bare tree, sitting outside its presumed nest (ball of moss)
Locality Flores, Lesser Sundas
mark sutton 1 June 2009 3 years ago 2.7
- No sound recordings available yet
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