Arid and semi-arid country (mainly north of Tropic of Capricorn) discontinuously in Western Australia (mainly Kimberley Division and Pilbara Region south to Carnarvon), Northern Territory (mainly Tennant Creek south to Ayers Rock), western Queensland (east to Mt Isa and Longreach) and South Australia (mainly around L Eyre, L Torrens and L Frome, and Flinders Ranges).
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Painted Finch (Emblema pictum) [XC641817]
by id from Forster Range, Barkly Shire, Northern Territory, Australia (call)
Painted Finch (Emblema pictum) [XC492735]
by Mark Carter from Mt.Gillen, Macdonnell Shire, Northern Territory, Australia (call, flight call, wingbeats)
Nest
Bottle-shaped, with a short entrance tunnel, composed of twigs, bark fragments, spinifex stems and grass, on a platform of small stones and lumps of soil, at the base of a clump of spinifex.
Eggs (Guide)
3 or 4; plain white; oval; about 14 x 11 mm. Incubation: about 14 days; probably by both parents but more often by female at start.
Young
Altricial, nidicolous. Fledge in about 21 - 23 days.
The Field Guide to the Birds of Australia Pizzey, G., and Knight, E., 1997, Angus & Robertson, Sydney ISBN 0 207 19691 5
Field Guide to Australian Birds Morecombe, M., 2000, Steve Parish Publishing Pty Ltd. ISBN 1 876282 10 X
Field Guide to the Birds of Australia Simpson, K., and Day, N., 1999, 6th Edition, Viking ISBN 0 670 87918 5
Reader's Digest Complete Book of Australian Birds 1988, 2nd Edition, Reader's Digest ISBN 0 949819 99 9
What Bird is That? 1984, Revised Edition, Angus & Robertson, Sydney ISBN 0 207 14846 5
Handbook of Australian, New Zealand & Antarctic Birds 1990 - , Oxford University Press, Melbourne ISBN 0 19 553244 9
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