Masked Finch Poephila personata Scientific name definitions
Text last updated April 5, 2018
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Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
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Catalan | diamant emmascarat |
Dutch | Maskeramadine |
English | Masked Finch |
English (United States) | Masked Finch |
French | Diamant masqué |
French (France) | Diamant masqué |
German | Maskenamadine |
Icelandic | Grímuemla |
Japanese | キバシキンセイチョウ |
Norwegian | maskeastrild |
Polish | amadynka maskowa |
Russian | Масковая амадина |
Serbian | Maskirana amadina |
Slovak | amadinka masková |
Spanish | Diamante Enmascarado |
Spanish (Spain) | Diamante enmascarado |
Swedish | stenknäcksastrild |
Turkish | Kocabaş Mumgagası |
Ukrainian | Діамантник масковий |
Poephila personata Gould, 1842
Definitions
- POEPHILA
- personata / personatus
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Legend Overview
Field Identification
13 cm; 10·5-17 g. Nominate race has crown to back and upperwing brown, rump and uppertail-coverts white, long pointed tail black; forehead and lores to upper throat black, well demarcated from brown of crown, ear-coverts brown; throat and most of underparts buffy brown, black flank patch , centre of belly and undertail-coverts white; iris warm brown to dark brown, eyering dark grey; bill yellow; legs pink or orange to coral-red. Sexes alike. Juvenile has face mask brown, flanks brownish-grey, bill black. Race leucotis differs from nominate in having rear ear-coverts to lower throat silvery-white, back redder brown, crown darker than back, narrow black band across lower forehead merging into brown of crown, also smaller in wing, tail and bill.
Systematics History
Editor's Note: This article requires further editing work to merge existing content into the appropriate Subspecies sections. Please bear with us while this update takes place.
Sometimes separated in a monotypic genus, Neopoephila. Races differ in morphology and plumage. Two subspecies recognized.Subspecies
Masked Finch (Masked) Poephila personata personata Scientific name definitions
Distribution
Poephila personata personata Gould, 1842
Definitions
- POEPHILA
- personata / personatus
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
Masked Finch (White-eared) Poephila personata leucotis Scientific name definitions
Distribution
Poephila personata leucotis Gould, 1847
Definitions
- POEPHILA
- personata / personatus
- leucotis
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
Distribution
Editor's Note: Additional distribution information for this taxon can be found in the 'Subspecies' article above. In the future we will develop a range-wide distribution article.