Masked Finch
Poephila personata
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Birds
The masked finch is a small passerine bird in the estrildid finch family, Estrildidae. It is a common resident of dry savannah across northern Australia, from the Kimberley, across the Top End, the Gulf country and the southern part of Cape York Peninsula, as far east as Chillagoe, but always near water.
Classification
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Estrildidae
- Genus
- Poephila