Papuan parrotfinch

Papuan parrotfinch
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Estrildidae
Genus: Erythrura
Species: E. papuana
Binomial name
Erythrura papuana
Hartert, 1900

The Papuan parrotfinch (Erythrura papuana) is a common species of estrildid finch found in Indonesia's Papua province and Papua New Guinea. It has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 50,000 to 100,000 km2.

It is found in subtropical and tropical montane moist forest. The IUCN has classified the species as being of least concern.

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