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Blue-faced Parrot-Finch (Erythrura trichroa) Alternate name(s): "Blue-faced Finch", "Tricoloured Parrot-finch" Size: 11-12 cm Weight: 12-16 g

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Description     Classification     Distribution     Sightings     Photos     Breeding     Nest     Eggs     Behaviour     Food     Call/s

Physical description Click here for a physical description Blue-faced Parrot-Finches are small to medium-sized finches. Both sexes have a blue facial mask, a reddish-brown tail and are otherwise green. The facial masks of males tends to be a bit larger, reaching farther behind the eye, than those of females. Juveniles have a lighter-brown tail and no blue facial mask yet.

Taxonomy, classification See Blue-faced Parrot-Finch at Wikipedia .

Range, habitat, finding this species Click here for information on habitat and range The overall distribution of this species can be assessed, and specific locations where birds have been spotted can be found, based on individual sighting reports submitted by birdwatchers to ebird.org . The global distribution of the Star Finch is available HERE . Blue-faced Parrot-Finches populate tropical Pacific Islands ranging from Japan to Indonesia, Micronesia, New Caledonia, Palau, New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu. They are also present in a small area of north-eastern Australia. In Australia Blue-faced Parrot-Finches are present only in the Atherton Tablelands in far north-eastern QLD. Blue-faced Parrot-Finches have a preference for tropical rainforest, especially around clearings, at high altitude during the breeding season and at lower altitudes (but still on the tablelands) outside the breeding season. They can also be found in fringe growth around rainforest.

Sightings Click here for sighting information Both M. Eaton and B. Hensen report spotting a small group of (4-5) Blue-faced Parrot-Finches at Mount Lewis, QLD, in November 2018. They were found to associate with a clan of Red-browed Finches.

Photos

ADULT

MALE

Frontal/ventral view of a male Blue-faced Parrot-Finch; note the prominent blue facial mask (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Mount Lewis NP, near Burtons Ridge, QLD, November 2018]

Lateral view of a male Blue-faced Parrot-Finch (photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[Mount Lewis NP, near Burtons Ridge, QLD, November 2018]

Lateral view of a male Blue-faced Parrot-Finch (photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[Mount Lewis NP, near Burtons Ridge, QLD, November 2018]

Behaviour

Blue-faced Parrot-Finch, upper right, foraging together with Red-browed Finches, lower left (photo courtesy of B. Hensen)
[Mount Lewis NP, near Burtons Ridge, QLD, November 2018]

Food, Diet

Blue-faced Parrot-Finch feeding on the seeds of a shrub (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Mount Lewis NP, near Burtons Ridge, QLD, November 2018]

Blue-faced Parrot-Finch feeding on the seeds of a shrub (photo courtesy of M. Eaton)
[Mount Lewis NP, near Burtons Ridge, QLD, November 2018]

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