Masked Finch
UncommonGBIF 42.0·Dongniao Rarity Index9.44
英文名：Masked Finch（学名：Poephila personata），是雀形目梅花雀科的鸟类。12.5-13.5厘米。雄鸟较大。喙粗厚，黄橙色；面部/下颏黑色；头顶红褐色；上体肉桂褐色；胸部较淡；下体/腰部白色具浓重黑色两胁色块，黑色长尾尖锐。亚成鸟：较暗淡，无黑面罩；喙发黑。亚种 leucotis（白耳草雀）：羽色更红褐；面部、耳羽白色。小群、20-30只的群落；集群营巢；在水塘聚集饮水、沐浴、理羽。大多在地面觅食。
Masked Finch
12.5-13.5 cm. Male larger. Bill heavy, yellow-orange; face/chin black; crown red-brown; upperparts cinnamon-brown; breast paler; underparts/rump white with heavy black flank-mark, long pointed black tail. Immature: duller, no black mask; bill blackish. Race leucotis, 'White-eared Finch': redder brown; face, ear-coverts white. Parties, flocks of 20-30; breeding colonies; companies gather to drink, bathe, preen at waterholes. Feeds much on ground.
- Similar Species
- Long-tailed, Black-throated Finches.
- Voice
- low 'twaat, twaat'; somewhat like Zebra Finch; groups chatter.
- Habitat
- near water in grasslands with shrubs, scattered timber; paperbarks.
- Breeding
- Feb.-June.
- Nest
- globular; of broad grasses, seed-heads; lined with plant down, fur, feathers, paper, charcoal; in bushes, low trees, ground near stump, log; old nest hole of kingfisher in termite mound.
- Eggs
- 4-5 (6); white, oval.
- Range & Status
- nominate race: from Broome (WA), through Kimberley; Top End (NT) s. to Victoria R. Downs-Newcastle Waters-Brunette Downs; Gulf lowlands s. to c. Camooweal (Q). Race leucotis: s. C. York Pen. (Q) from c. lower Leichhardt R., n. to Watson R., Princess Charlotte Bay; s. to c. Georgetown-Chillagoe. Fairly common. Sedentary.
- Distribution key to races
- 1. Poephila personata personata 2. Poephila personata leucotis
