Animalia > Chordata > Aves > Passeriformes > Estrildidae > Neochmia > Neochmia temporalisNeochmia temporalis (Red-browed Finch)Synonyms: Fringilla temporalis The red-browed finch (Neochmia temporalis) is an estrildid finch that inhabits the east coast of Australia. This species has also been introduced to French Polynesia. It is commonly found in temperate forest and dry savannah habitats. It may also be found in dry forest and mangrove habitats in tropical region. The species is distinguished by the bright red stripe above the eye, and bright red rump. The rest of the body is grey, with olive wing coverts and collar. Juveniles do not have red brow marks, and lack olive colouration on the collar and wing coverts. The adults are 11–12 cm long. |
Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) Unique (100) Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) Unique & Vulnerable (100) ED Score: 5.88275 EDGE Score: 1.92902 |
| Adult Weight [1] | 11.4 grams | | Birth Weight [2] | 1 grams | | Female Weight [4] | 13 grams |  | | Diet [3] | Carnivore (Invertebrates), Granivore | | Diet - Invertibrates [3] | 20 % | | Diet - Seeds [3] | 80 % | | Forages - Ground [3] | 100 % | | | Clutch Size [6] | 5 | | Fledging [4] | 15 days | | Incubation [5] | 14 days | | Mating System [2] | Monogamy |
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Countries |
Ecozone |
Biome |
Species |
Report |
Climate |
Land
Use |
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Australian Alps montane grasslands |
Australia |
Australasia |
Montane Grasslands and Shrublands |
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Brigalow tropical savanna |
Australia |
Australasia |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Cape York Peninsula tropical savanna |
Australia |
Australasia |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Carpentaria tropical savanna |
Australia |
Australasia |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Eastern Australia mulga shrublands |
Australia |
Australasia |
Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Eastern Australian temperate forests |
Australia |
Australasia |
Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests |
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Einasleigh upland savanna |
Australia |
Australasia |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Eyre and York mallee |
Australia |
Australasia |
Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub |
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Mitchell grass downs |
Australia |
Australasia |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Mount Lofty woodlands |
Australia |
Australasia |
Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub |
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Murray-Darling woodlands and mallee |
Australia |
Australasia |
Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub |
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Naracoorte woodlands |
Australia |
Australasia |
Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands, and Scrub |
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Queensland tropical rain forests |
Australia |
Australasia |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Southeast Australia temperate forests |
Australia |
Australasia |
Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests |
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Southeast Australia temperate savanna |
Australia |
Australasia |
Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Tirari-Sturt stony desert |
Australia |
Australasia |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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IUCN Category |
Area acres |
Location |
Species |
Website |
Climate |
Land Use |
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Bald Rock National Park |
II |
21998 |
New South Wales, Australia |
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Coorong National Park |
II |
121235 |
South Australia, Australia |
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Croajingolong National Park |
II |
217067 |
Victoria, Australia |
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Dunggir National Park |
II |
6402 |
New South Wales, Australia |
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Flinders Chase National Park |
II |
81245 |
South Australia, Australia |
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Girraween National Park |
II |
28978 |
Queensland, Australia |
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Grampians National Park |
II |
416373 |
Victoria, Australia |
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Kosciuszko National Park |
II |
1705480 |
New South Wales, Australia |
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Lamington National Park |
II |
50970 |
Queensland, Australia |
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Maria National Park |
II |
5735 |
New South Wales, Australia |
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Shoalwater and Corio Bays Area Ramsar Site |
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Queensland, Australia |
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Sundown National Park |
II |
30557 |
Queensland, Australia |
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Wilson's Promontory National Park |
II |
119279 |
Victoria, Australia |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Higgins, PJ, Peter, JM and Cowling, SJ.
(eds), (2006) Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic birds, Volume 7: Boatbill to starlings. Oxford University Press, Melbourne ♦ 2Terje Lislevand, Jordi Figuerola, and Tamás Székely. 2007. Avian body sizes in relation to fecundity, mating system, display behavior, and resource sharing. Ecology 88:1605 ♦ 3Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027 ♦ 4Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109 ♦ 5del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. ♦ 6Jetz W, Sekercioglu CH, Böhning-Gaese K (2008) The Worldwide Variation in Avian Clutch Size across Species and Space PLoS Biol 6(12): e303. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0060303 Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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