| Tricolored Parrotfinch | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Estrildidae |
| Genus: | Erythrura |
| Species: | E. tricolor |
| Binomial name | |
| Erythrura tricolor (Vieillot, 1817) |
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The Tricoloured Parrotfinch Erythrura tricolor is a species of estrildid finch found in Indonesia and East Timor. It has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 20,000 to 50,000 km².
It is found in subtropical/ tropical dry forest and dry savanna. The status of the species is evaluated as Least Concern.
Origin and phylogeny has been obtained by Antonio Arnaiz-Villena et al..[1] Estrildinae may have originated in India and dispersed thereafter (towards Africa and Pacific Ocean habitats).