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Plum-headed Finch

Emblema modestum

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Australia.January 23, February 21, March 28, April 32, May 42, June 28, July 30, August 39, September 52, October 31, November 35, December 30.
Australia391
Queensland288
New South Wales102
South Australia1

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassBirds · Aves
OrderPerching Birds · Passeriformes
FamilyWaxbills and Allies · Estrildidae
GenusEmblema

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Plum-headed Finch with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.