Black-throated finch

"Black-throated finch" may also refer to the canary-winged finch (Melanodera melanodera) of South America.

Black-throated finch
The nominate, white-rumped southern subspecies, Poephila cincta cincta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Estrildidae
Genus: Poephila
Species:
P. cincta
Binomial name
Poephila cincta
(Gould, 1837)
Distribution

The black-throated finch (Poephila cincta), or parson finch, is a species of estrildid finch found in grassy woodlands throughout north-east Australia from Cape York Peninsula to central Queensland. The southern black-throated finch (Poephila cincta cincta) is endangered, with a population in decline and its habitat is threatened by development, and has become extinct in New South Wales, while the northern black-throated finch (Poephila cincta atropygialis) is not listed as threatened at this point.

  1. ^ Australian Federal Government, Species Profile and Threats Database, Australian_Government , retrieved 5 October 2020