Papuan parrotfinch

The Papuan parrotfinch (Erythrura papuana) is a common species of estrildid finch found in New Guinea. It has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 50,000 to 100,000 km². There is some doubt as to whether this species and the blue-faced parrotfinch (E. trichroa) are conspecific.^[2]

Papuan parrotfinch
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Estrildidae
Genus:	Erythrura
Species:	E. papuana
Binomial name
Erythrura papuana Rothschild & Hartert, 1900

It is found in subtropical and tropical montane moist forest. The IUCN has classified the species as being of least concern.