Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Waxbills and Allies :: Red-browed Firetail

Red-browed Firetail Neochmia temporalis

Described by: Latham (1801)
Alternate common name(s): Australian Red-browed Finch, Red-browed Waxbill, Sydney Firetail
Old scientific name(s): Aegintha temporalis

Photographs

Samsonvale, Queensland, Australia - Apr 27, 2002 © Tom Tarrant  Wye Valley, Victoria, Australia - Feb, 2006 © Arthur Grosset  Australia - Sep, 2002 © Jean-Philippe Paris  Warriewood Wetlands, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Feb, 2004 © Neil Fifer 
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Range

(1) S. Australia (ex. se. South Australia including Kangaroo Is.).
(2) E. Australia (Victoria, e. New South Wales and e. Queensland).
(3) Ne. Australis (Cape York Peninsula, Iron Range National Park).
Introduced to sw. Western Australia, Society Is. (Moore Is. and Tahiti), and Marquesas Is. (Nuku Hiva and Ua Huka).

Videos

No videos are available for this species

Sounds

No sounds are available for this species

References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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