Tawny-breasted parrotfinch

Tawny-breasted parrotfinch
Tawny-breasted Parrotfinch photographed at Cibodas Botanical Garden, West Java, Indonesia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Estrildidae
Genus: Erythrura
Species: E. hyperythra
Binomial name
Erythrura hyperythra
(Reichenbach, 1863)

The tawny-breasted parrotfinch (Erythrura hyperythra) is a common species of estrildid finch found in Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines. It has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 1,000,000 - 10,000,000 km2.

The tawny-breasted parrotfinch is found in subtropical and tropical montane moist forest. The IUCN has classified the species as being of least concern.

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