Daintree Rainforest Wildlife
photographed at Thylogale
by David & Diane Armbrust

Red-browed Firetail Finch
Aegintha temporalis

Australian Red-browed Firetail Finch - Aegintha temporalis

Red-browed Firetail Finches form permanent pair bonds and stay together throughout the year. Both male and female share incubation and brooding by day and roost together in the nest at night.

Size 
110 - 120 mm.

Nest 
Dome of dry grass with tunnel side entrance.

Eggs 
Four to six, pure white, oval, about 16x12 mm.

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