Poephila personata Gould, 1842 is a animal in the Estrildidae family, order Passeriformes, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.
Poephila personata Gould, 1842
Poephila personata, the masked finch, is a 12.5–13.5 cm bird with distinct plumage and an eastern subspecies with whitish cheeks.
The masked finch (scientific name Poephila personata Gould, 1842) measures 12.5–13.5 cm in total length. Males are larger in size, but the two sexes are similar in appearance in all other respects. Its upperparts are cinnamon-brown, and its underparts are paler; it also has a white rump, a black marking on the flanks, and a black face mask. It has a thick yellow bill and a pointed black tail. The eastern subspecies P. p. leucotis has whitish cheeks.
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Lonchura atricapilla (Vieillot, 1807)
Lonchura fuscans (Cassin, 1852)
Amandava subflava (Vieillot, 1819)
Lonchura cucullata (Swainson, 1837)
Nigrita fusconotus Fraser, 1843
Uraeginthus bengalus (Linnaeus, 1766)
Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer
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