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[[File:Star_Finch_(Neochmia_ruficauda_subclarescens)_Wyndham_WA.jpg|thumb|right|At [[Wyndham, Western Australia|Wyndham]], Western Australia]]
== Distribution and
The [[IUCN Red List]] of Threatened Species rates this species as Least Concern with a decreasing population<ref name="IUCN" /> because "although its population may be declining slowly (and the nominate subspecies may now be extinct), several large and apparently stable populations remain and it is therefore no longer reasonable to suspect a moderately rapid reduction in the overall population".<ref name=Birdlife>{{Cite web|title=BirdLife International (2020) Species factsheet: Neochmia ruficauda.|url=http://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/star-finch-neochmia-ruficauda|date=2020|website=Birdlife International: Data Zone|access-date=23 May 2020}}</ref>
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The subspecies ''ruficauda'' is known vernacularly as southern star finch.<ref name="Atlas"/> It is believed to number less than 50 individuals and is possibly extinct. The last reliable sighting was in 1994.<ref name="Garnett"/> Its status under the [[Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999|Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act]] 1999 (EPBC Act) is considered Endangered and its conservation status in Queensland is Endangered.<ref name="Atlas"/>
== Behaviour and
These finches inhabit low, dense, damp [[grassland]]s and sedgelands bordering [[Estuary|estuarine]] areas, watercourses, swamps and other freshwater-bodies.<ref name=Birdlife/> They are also found in grassy, open [[savanna]] type [[sclerophyll]] woodland and occasionally in towns.<ref name=Menkhorst/> Flocks can number between 10 and 30 but can build to hundreds.<ref name=Menkhorst/> They are [[Seed predation|granivorous]], foraging in vegetation just above the ground and they often feed on the ground, particularly in the dry season.<ref name=Birdlife/> They nest in a globe of grass lined with feathers producing 3 to 7 white eggs.<ref name=Slater>{{Cite book|author-link=Peter Slater (ornithologist)|last1=Slater|first1=Peter|title=[[The Slater Field Guide to Australian Birds]]|last2=Slater|first2=Pat|last3=Slater|first3=Raoul|publisher=Reed New Holland|year=2009|isbn=9781877069635|edition=2nd|location=London, Sydney, Auckland|pages=398–399}}</ref>
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[[Category:Estrildidae|star finch]]
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