Masked Finch
Poephila personata
Timber Creek, W NT IMG_5974 20180808 - personata adult: bright yellow bill, black triangular mask, dark cheek, broad blackflank patch, white rump, long graduated black tail.
Notes: Brown grass-finch w. triangular black facial mask, yellow
bill, black flanks & tail, white
rump & undertail coverts. Juvenile duller,
dark bill. Cf Long-tailed Finch,
Black-throated Finch.
Nominate ssp
personata dark cheeks; ssp leucotis (white-eared) pale cheeks. In open grassy
woodlands near water; often with other grass-finches. Sedentary.
Range from Morcombe & Stewart©(modified)
Wyndham Caravan Park, NE WA IMG_7407 20180814 - personata adults.
Mamukala Billabong, Kakadu, NE NT IMG_3691 20180728 - personata
Wyndham Caravan Park, NE WA IMG_7443 20180814 - personata juvenile: black bill.
Artemis Station, NC Qld IMG_1847 20160910 - leucotis pale cheek, white rump. CLICK for another pic.
Cumberland Dam, Georgetown, FN Qld IMG_0832 20210509 - leucotis pale cheek, white rump. CLICK for another view.
Cumberland Dam, Georgetown, FN Qld IMG_0957 20210509 - leucotis CLICK for another pic.
Wyndham Caravan Park, NE WA IMG_7188 20180814 - personata juvenile w. friends
Wyndham Caravan Park, NE WA IMG_4140 20200617 - leucotis drinking with several Black-throated Finch.