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| taxon = Bathilda ruficauda
| parent_authority = [[Ludwig Reichenbach|Reichenbach]], 1862
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The '''star finch''' ('''''Bathilda ruficauda''''') is a seed-eating bird species found in northern [[Australia]]. It has a distinctive red face and bill, and broad white spots down its flanks. One of its three subspecies may be extinct.
== Description ==
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Three subspecies have been described:
*''Bathilda ruficauda subclarescens'' ([[Gregory Mathews|Mathews]], 1912)<ref>{{Cite journal|author-link=Gregory Mathews|last=Mathews|first=GM|date=1912|title=A Reference-List to the Birds of Australia.|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/1694|journal=Novitates Zoologicae|volume=18|pages=171–455|doi=10.5962/bhl.part.1694|doi-access=free}}</ref> found in [[Western Australia]] and the [[Northern Territory]].
* ''Bathilda ruficauda clarescens'' ([[Ernst Hartert|Hartert]] 1899)<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Hartert|first=E|author-link=Ernst Hartert|date=1899|title=On some birds from Cape York, North Queensland|journal=Novitates Zoologicae|volume=6|issue=3|pages=423–428}}</ref> found on the [[Cape York Peninsula]] in northern [[Queensland]].
*''Bathilda ruficauda ruficauda'' ([[John Gould|Gould]], 1837)<ref>{{Cite book|author-link=John Gould|last1=Gould|first1=John|title=A synopsis of the birds of Australia, and the adjacent Islands|url=https://archive.org/details/SynopsisBirdsAu00Goul|author-link2=Elizabeth Gould (illustrator)|last2=Gould|first2=Elizabeth (Illustrator)|publisher=John Gould|year=1837|location=London}}</ref> found in northern Queensland coastal regions but possibly extinct.
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*[http://www.finchinfo.com/birds/finches/species/star_finch.php Species profile] - Finch Information Center
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