Crimson Finch
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Order: Passeriformes
Family: Estrildidae

[Photo] Crimson Finch (Neochmia phaeton). Australia Zoo, Landsborough, Queensland. Source: Flickr (www.flickr.com/photos/jen_in_brisbane/543759898/). Date: Taken on June 12, 2007. Author: Jen 64 (www.flickr.com/photos/jen_in_brisbane/).

The Crimson Finch Neochmia phaeton is a common species of estrildid finch found in Australia, Indonesia & Papua New Guinea. It has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 100,000- 1,000,000 km².

It is commonly found in moist savanna, and subtropical/ tropical (lowland) moist shrubland. The status of the species is evaluated as Least Concern.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimson_Finch

The text in this page is based on the copyrighted Wikipedia article shown in above URL. It is used under the GNU Free Documentation License. You may redistribute it, verbatim or modified, providing that you comply with the terms of the GFDL.