Family: Estrildidae (Waxbills)

Authority: (Gould, 1837)

Red List Category

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Justification of Red List category
This species has been downlisted to Least Concern as, although its population is suspected to be declining, the rate of decline is no longer suspected to be moderately rapid and the species does not approach any of the other thresholds for Vulnerable under any of the Red List criteria.

Population size: unknown

Population trend: Decreasing

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 777,000 km²

Country endemic: Yes

Attributes
Realm - Oceanic
Land-mass type - Australia
IUCN Ecosystem -- Terrestrial biome