Poephila

Taxobox
name = " Poephila "
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Passeriformes
familia = Estrildidae
genus = " Poephila "
genus_authority = | genus_authority = Gould, 1842
subdivision_ranks = species
subdivision =

"P. acuticauda"
"P. cincta"
"P. personata"

" Poephila " is an Australian genus of the estrildid finches. The members are:
* Masked Finch, "Poephila personata"
* Long-tailed Finch, "Poephila acuticauda"
* Black-throated Finch, "Poephila cincta"These are birds of dry open grassland. The adults have pinkish underparts, buff or brown upperparts, a black tail and lower belly, and white rumps uppertail coverts and undertail coverts.

References

*Clement, Harris and Davis, "Finches and Sparrows" ISBN 0-7136-8017-2