Crimson Finch
Neochmia phaeton ‡
Tyto Wetlands, Innesfail, TN Qld IMG_4523 20240823 - phaeton male. Note black belly. CLICK for one there 20200801.
Notes: Nominate phaeton male: red & grey-brown; long tail, red bill; white spots on side of red
chest; black belly. Female: upper breast & flanks grey, flanks tinged brown w. white spots, belly
to undertail-coverts light grey. Juvenile warm brown w. reddish
wash to wings, tail; black bill w.
pink cutting edge. Ssp evangelinae male: white belly; female: belly to undertail-coverts whitish.
In tall seeding grasses near riparian pandanus trees.
Range from Pizzey & Knight©(modified)
Cattana Wetlands, Cairns FNE Qld IMG_9282 20200722 - phaeton female
Turf Farm, Wright's Creek, Cairns FNE Qld IMG_0265 20250120 - phaeton male
Koolpin Gorge, Kakadu, N NT IMG_2778 20180724 - phaeton female
Buttons Crossing, Kununurra, NE WA IMG_6651 20180812 - phaeton male, female
Pedestrian Overpass, Gordonvale, FNE Qld IMG_6923 20240524 - 4 x phaeton juveniles. CLICK for a younger juvenile.
Cattana Wetlands, Cairns, FNE Qld IMG_9285 20200722 - phaeton juvenile, older than previous. CLICK for an evenolder juvenile.
12 Mile Track, Lakefield NP, CYPAL, FNE Qld IMG_7503 20220720 - evangelinae male. Note white belly. CLICK for anotheron 20220903.
12 Mile Track, Lakefield NP, CYPAL, FNE Qld IMG_7526 20220720 - evangelinae juvenile. CLICK for view of typical tall-grass habitat.
Nitmiluk, N NT MVI_2093 20180721 - phaeton
Lawn Hill NP, FNW Qld MVI_2835 20170816 phaeton
12 Mile Track, Lakefield NP, CYPAL, FNE Qld IMG_7521 20220720 - evangelinae juveniles calling.