Blue-faced parrotfinch
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E. trichroa
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| Erythrura trichroa (Kittlitz, 1835)
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The blue-faced parrotfinch (Erythrura trichroa) is a locally common species of estrildid finch found in north-eastern Australia, Japan, Indonesia, Federated States of Micronesia, France (introduced), New Caledonia, Palau, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu. It has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 10,000,000 km2.
It is found in subtropical and tropical zones in both montane and lowland moist forest areas, where it is most often associated with forest edges and disturbed habitat. It feeds largely on seeds of grasses, including in Australia several exotic genera especially Brachiaria. The IUCN has classified the species as being of least concern.
Origin
Origin and phylogeny has been obtained by Antonio Arnaiz-Villena et al.[2] Estrildinae may have originated in India and dispersed thereafter (towards Africa and Pacific Ocean habitats).
References
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- Species factsheet - BirdLife International
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- Erythrura
- Birds of Australia
- Birds of Indonesia
- Birds of the Federated States of Micronesia
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- Birds of Palau
- Birds of Papua New Guinea
- Birds of the Solomon Islands
- Birds of Vanuatu
- Animals described in 1835
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