Painted Finch
RareGBIF 53.0·Dongniao Rarity Index9.54
英文名：Painted Finch（学名：Emblema pictum），是雀形目梅花雀科的鸟类。10.5-11.5厘米。雄鸟：喙纤细尖锐，呈黑色与绯红色，基部蓝色；眼睛白色；面部/喉部/腹部/腰部呈油亮猩红色；下体黑色，密布白色斑点。雌鸟：红色较少；白斑较大。亚成鸟：较暗淡；喙发黑；红色较少，腰部无红。成对，30只以上群聚于岩石与刺金合欢丛间；停栖于巨石、裸露树枝上。受惊鸣叫飞起；飞行迅速，红色腰部闪闪发光。
Painted Finch
10.5-11.5 cm. Male: bill fine-pointed, black and crimson, blue at base; eye white; face/throat/belly/rump glossy scarlet; underparts black, heavily spotted white. Female: less red; larger white spots. Immature: duller; bill blackish; less red, none on rump. Pairs, flocks to 30+ among rocks, spinifex; perches boulders, bare branches. Flushes with chatter; flight fast, rumps glowing.
- Other name
- Painted Firetail .
- Similar Species
- Crimson Finch, Crimson Chat.
- Voice
- scratchy, staccato 'chek chek'; rapid 'chek-did-did-dit', reedy 'ched up, cheddy up'.
- Habitat
- spinifex in rocky hills over permanent water, plains; acacia scrubs; citrus orchards.
- Breeding
- any month, after rain.
- Nest
- globular, poorly constructed with verandah; of spinifex, twigs, bark, rootlets, soft grass; lined with plant down, feathers; on platform of bark, roots; in spinifex or on ground.
- Eggs
- 3-4; white, rounded.
- Range & Status
- patchy through arid inland and w. coastal Aust.: e. to Winton-Opalton (Q); n. to Mt Isa-Nicholson R.-Alexandria-Wave Hill (NT); w. to s. Kimberley-Pilbara (WA), to w. coast c. Eighty Mile Beach-Carnarvon Ras.; s. inland to upper Murchison R.-Menzies; in SA, s. to c. Oodnadatta-n. Flinders Ras.-L. Frome. Often casual beyond 'normal' range; nomadic.
