Black-throated Finch

:"The name Black-throated Finch may also refer to the Canary-winged Finch (Melanodera melanodera) of South America."Taxobox
name = Black-throated Finch
status = NT
status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Passeriformes
familia = Estrildidae
genus = "Poephila"
species = "P. cincta"
binomial = "Poephila cincta"
binomial_authority = (Gould, 1837)

The Black-throated Finch "Poephila cincta" is a species of estrildid finch found in grassy woodlands throughout north-east Australia from Cape York Peninsula to north-east New South Wales.

ubspecies

The Black-throated Finch has two subspecies as followed:
* "Poephila cincta cincta"
* "Poephila cincta atropygialis"

Threats

For the past few decades, the population of this species has declined. The reason for the declined population is probably due to spread of pastoralism, changes in fire regime and increases in the density of native woody weeds in grassy savannas.

References

* [http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=8682&m=0 BirdLife Species Factsheet]