Tricoloured Parrotfinch (Erythrura tricolor)

Other Names (World)
Tricoloured Parrotfinch, Tricolored Parrotfinch, Tricolor Parrotfinch, Tricolour Parrotfinch, Three-colored Parrotfinch, Three-coloured Parrotfinch, Sunda Parrotfinch, Blue-breasted Parrotfinch, Timor Parrotfinch, Forbes's Parrotfinch

Family
Estrildidae (Waxbills)

Size
10 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Vieillot, 1817)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical dry shrubland, grassland, forest.

Range (Guide)

Indonesia, Timor-Leste (B) (NB).

Timor, Atauro, Wetar, Romang, Damar, Babar and Tanimbar Is (Larat, Yamdena, Lutu), in central and eastern Lesser Sundas.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
A series of soft, high-pitched notes 'ti-ti-ti'.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (3)...)

Tricolored Parrotfinch (Erythrura tricolor) [XC409902]
by id from , Indonesia (call)

Tricolored Parrotfinch (Erythrura tricolor) [XC139690]
by Frank Lambert from , Indonesia (call)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Has been thought possibly to form a superspecies with Red-eared Parrotfinch (Erythrura coloria) and Blue-faced Parrot-Finch (Erythrura trichroa).

References
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