Pin-tailed Parrotfinch
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| Erythrura prasina (Sparrman, 1788) |
The Pin-tailed Parrotfinch Erythrura prasina is a common species of estrildid finch found in Southeast Asia: Malaysia, Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Burma, and Thailand. It has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 10,000,000 km².[1]
It is found in subtropical/ tropical in both montane and lowland moist forest. The status of the species is evaluated as Least Concern.[1]
On August 2, 2007 scientists on an expedition to the upper ranges of Mount Mantalingahan in southern Palawan province in the Philippines announced the discovery, with other animals, of the Pin-tailed parrot finch, according to Dr. Lawrence Heaney, a biologist from the Chicago Field Museum.[2]
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