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Passeriformes / Estrildidae / Emblema

Star Finch

Emblema ruficauda

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (stafin1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Taxonomy

Order: Passeriformes
Family: Estrildidae
Genus: Emblema

Subspecies (3)

Emblema ruficauda clarescens

northeastern Australia (Cape York Peninsula, northern Queensland)
Emblema ruficauda ruficauda

formerly eastern Australia (northern Queensland to northeastern New South Wales); extinct, last recorded 1990s
Emblema ruficauda subclarescens

northwestern Australia (Pilbara and Kimberley regions, Western Australia, eastward to northern Northern Territory)

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (stafin1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.