Red-browed Finch (Neochmia temporalis) [XC146632]
by Marc Anderson from Capertee Valley, NSW, Australia (call)
Red-browed Finch (Neochmia temporalis) [XC571127]
by James Lambert from Nudgee Beach, Brisbane City, Queensland, Australia (call)
Nest
Bottle-shaped, bulky, composed of dried and green grasses, lined with feathers and fine grasses, in a small tree or bush.
Eggs (Guide)
4 - 6; pure white; oval; about 16 x 12 mm. Incubation: 13 - 14 days; by both sexes.
Young
Altricial, nidicolous. Fledge in about 15 - 17 days.
Subspecies
Appears to be closely related to Black-bellied Crimson Finch (Neochmia phaeton). Nominate subspecies and minor intergrade in eastern Queensland (from south of Cooktown south to Atherton Tableland). Proposed subspecies loftyi (described from Mt Lofty, in South Australia) is synonymized with nominate.
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:
temporalis (Latham, 1801) - Coastal and subcoastal eastern Australia, from Atherton region, Qld, south and south-west to Mt Lofty Ranges and Kangaroo Island, SA and inland to the western slopes of the Great Divide.
minor (Campbell, AJ, 1901) - Coastal and subcoastal Cape York Peninsula, Qld, south to around Cape Melville and Cape Flattery in the east and to arround the lower reaches of the Mitchell River in the west.
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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