Blue-faced Parrotfinch

Erythrura trichroa (Kittlitz, 1833)

13 cmLength14 gWeight

Busiest months: August · Most records: Papua New Guinea, Palau, Australia

Least Concern

Where and when it's recorded

Busiest months: August · Most records: Papua New Guinea, Palau, Australia

Blue-faced Parrotfinch has been recorded at 41 of the 8,276 birding hotspots we track, in 8 countries and regions.

Records by month Southern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

Long Island Park & Conservation AreaPalau105 records
JulattenAustralia80 records
Tomba & Murmur Pass [2400-2800m]Papua New Guinea78 records

More places

Ambua LodgePapua New Guinea64 records
Varirata National ParkPapua New Guinea53 records
Minggre Birdwatching HomestayIndonesia35 records
Lore Lindu NP – Lake Tambing vicinityIndonesia27 records
Ngchus St.1Palau26 records
Sera (formerly Crater Mountain) Biological Research StationPapua New Guinea24 records
Highlands Hwy – above Ambua Lodge to Tari GapPapua New Guinea23 records

Countries and regions with the most records

Papua New Guinea Palau Australia Indonesia Micronesia Vanuatu New Caledonia Solomon Islands

eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.

About

The blue-faced parrotfinch (Erythrura trichroa) is a locally common species of estrildid finch found in north-eastern Australia, eastern Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and New Caledonia, with disjunct populations in Micronesia and Palau. It has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 10,000,000 km2.

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Questions

How big is the Blue-faced Parrotfinch?

The Blue-faced Parrotfinch is about 13 cm long and weighs around 14 g.

Where does the Blue-faced Parrotfinch live?

Its breeding range: Australasia: montane Sulawesi to northeastern Australia, Vanuatu and Loyalty Islands (New Caledonia). It is most often recorded in Papua New Guinea, Palau and Australia.