The red-headed parrotfinch (''Erythrura cyaneovirens'') 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 the

Samoan Islands The Samoan Islands ( sm, Motu o Sāmoa) are an archipelago covering in the central South Pacific, forming part of Polynesia and of the wider region of Oceania. Administratively, the archipelago comprises all of the Independent State of Samoa a ...

. It has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 20,000 to 50,000 km². It is found in subtropical/tropical lowland moist forest.

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Species factsheet
- BirdLife International Erythrura Birds of Samoa Birds described in 1848 Taxa named by Titian Peale {{Estrildidae-stub