Neochmia
Sign in to saveNeochmia is a genus of estrildid finches found in Australasia. They are gregarious seed-eaters with short, thick, but pointed bills.
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It sits within the topics Bird genera, Birds of Australia and Neochmia.
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Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyEstrildidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 8
- Family
- Estrildidae
- Collections
- CUMV, QVMAG, SAMA
- Recorded in
- Australia, Malaysia, Indonesia
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Estrildidae
- Image
- Neochmia phaeton.jpg
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- genus
- taxon name
- Neochmia
- Commons category
- Neochmia
- topic's main category
- Category:Neochmia
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Neochmia is a genus of estrildid finches found in Australasia. They are gregarious seed-eaters with short, thick, but pointed bills.
==Taxonomy== The genus Neochmia was introduced in 1849 by the English zoologist George Gray with Fringilla phaeton Hombron & Jacquinot, the crimson finch as the type species. The genus name is from Ancient Greek νεοχμια/neokhmia meaning "innovation" or "phenomenon".
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Neochmia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.