The Papuan parrotfinch (''Erythrura papuana'') is a common species of
estrildid finch
Estrildidae, or estrildid finches, is a family of small seed-eating passerine birds of the Old World tropics and Australasia. They comprise species commonly known as munias, mannikins, firefinches, parrotfinches and waxbills. Despite the word "fi ...
found in
New Guinea
New Guinea (; Hiri Motu
Hiri Motu, also known as Police Motu, Pidgin Motu, or just Hiri, is a language of Papua New Guinea, which is spoken in surrounding areas of Port Moresby (Capital of Papua New Guinea).
It is a simplified version of ...
. It has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 50,000 to 100,000 km
2. There is some doubt as to whether this species and the blue-faced parrotfinch (''E. trichroa'') are conspecific.
It is found in subtropical and tropical montane moist forest. The
IUCN
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN; officially International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources) is an international organization working in the field of nature conservation and sustainable use of natu ...
has classified the species as being of
least concern
A least-concern species is a species that has been categorized by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) as evaluated as not being a focus of species conservation because the specific species is still plentiful in the wild. T ...
.
References
External links
Species factsheet- BirdLife International
Papuan parrotfinch
Birds of the New Guinea Highlands
Birds described in 1900
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