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Small finch with bright orange bill and a distinctive black-and-white “moustache” mark.
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Aggregated occurance data is sourced from 14 different actively-updating datasets including eBird Australia, iNaturalist Australia, BirdLife Australia, and multiple state-based bird surveys through Atlas of Living Australia.
Species notes
Female smooth gray to buff on the chest and belly; juvenile similar but with a dark gray bill. Inhabits arid inland Australia, where often found in very large flocks.
Adult male gray above, with barred grayish bib, rusty white-spotted flanks, and black-and-white tail pattern.
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