Red-browed Finch

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Braeside Park, Melbourne, SC Vic IMG_8453 20190119 - temporalis CLICK for another view.

Notes: Olive-green above, grey below, w. red eyebrow, red bill, red rump & uppertail coverts,
black tail. Nominate ssp temporalis grey head, grey undertail coverts. Ssp minor paler; cheek
patch paler still; under-tail coverts black for male, dark grey for female. In a wide variety of
habitats including grassy areas close to thick cover. Forages on ground & on seeding grasses.

Range from Pizzey & Knight^©(modified)

Gordonvale, FNE Qld IMG_7788 20190328 temporalis

Clarksdale Bird Sanctuary, nr Linton, SW Vic IMG_3996 20240105 - temporalis CLICK for one at Grafton, NE NSW 20190923

Paluma, FN Qld IMG_9421 20220223 - temporalis juvenile w. adult. CLICK for fledglings, Springvale Road, Wondecla,
FNE Qld 20200612.

Hastie's Swamp NP, Atherton, Tablelands, FNE Qld IMG_78xx_animation 20240218 - temporalis a mating following offering
of a seeding grass stem.

Twelve Mile Lagoon, Lakefield NP, CYP, FNE Qld IMG_8126 20201003 - minor male in foreground: black under-tail coverts.

Greenhoose, Iron Range NP, CYP, FNE Qld IMG_2875 20191216 - minor female on right (grey under-tail coverts), male on
left (black under-tail coverts).

Julatten, Tablelands, FNE Qld IMG_8798 20201009 - minor female. CLICK for another at Feathers&Friends, Julatten 20201026

Wenlock River, Cape York, FN Qld IMG_2363 20160912 - minor juvenile

Great Western, W Vic MVI_3587 20190518 - temporalis long tongue

Yungaburra, FN Qld MVI_7318 20190324 - temporalis nest building

Tower Hill Wildlife Reserve, SW Vic IMG_6877 20210331 - temporalis juvenile feeding, contact calls.