| Star finch | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Estrildidae |
| Genus: | Bathilda Reichenbach, 1862 |
| Species: | B. ruficauda
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| Binomial name | |
| Bathilda ruficauda (Gould, 1837)
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The star finch (Bathilda ruficauda) is a seed-eating bird species found in northern Australia. It has a distinctive red face and bill, and broad white spots down its flanks. One of its three subspecies may be extinct.
- ^ BirdLife International. (2018). "Neochmia ruficauda". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22719673A132131066. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22719673A132131066.en. Retrieved 25 July 2024.