 Black-throated finch

The black-throated finch ("Poephila cincta"), or parson finch, is a species of estrildid finch found in grassy woodlands throughout north-east Australia from Cape York Peninsula to central Queensland.The Southern black-throated finch ("Poephila cincta cincta") population is declining, with its habitat is threatened by development, and has become extinct in New South Wales, while the Northern black-throated finch ("Poephila cincta atropygialis") is not listed as threatened at this point.