Blue-faced Parrotfinch

Notable features include an estimated global extent of occurrence of 10,000,000 km2. Kittlitz coined the binomial name Fringilla trichroa where the specific epithet combines the Ancient Greek ρι-/tri- meaning "three-" with χροα/khroa, χροας/khroas meaning "colour" or "appearance". The species is now one of the 12 species placed in the genus Erythrura that was introduced in 1837 by the English naturalist William Swainson. In the past, due to less developed observation techniques, very few blue-faced parrotfinches were spotted. (Wikipedia, general species account).

Blue-faced Parrotfinch 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. The blue-faced parrotfinch was formally described and illustrated in 1833 by German naturalist Heinrich von Kittlitz based on a specimen collected on the island of Ualan (now Kosrae), one of the Caroline Islands which lie to the north of New Guinea. (Wikipedia, general species account).