Tawny-breasted parrotfinch

Tawny-breasted parrotfinch
Tawny-breasted Parrotfinch photographed at Cibodas Botanical Garden, West Java, Indonesia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Estrildidae
Genus: Erythrura
Species: E. hyperythra
Binomial name
Erythrura hyperythra
(Reichenbach, 1863)

The tawny-breasted parrotfinch (Erythrura hyperythra) is a common species of estrildid finch found in Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines. It has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 1,000,000 - 10,000,000 km2.

The tawny-breasted parrotfinch is found in subtropical and tropical montane moist forest. The IUCN has classified the species as being of least concern.

References

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Erythrura hyperythra". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.


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