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== Distribution ==
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Found in northern coastal regions of Australia, occurring at sparsely wooded habitat of tall grass or rushes around creeks and swamps.<ref name="RDB"
== Taxonomy and systematics ==
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[[Jacques Bernard Hombron|Hombron]] and [[Honoré Jacquinot|Jacquinot]] first found these birds when they passed through Australia on their way to the South Pole. While Hombron initially placed the bird in the genus ''Erythura'', he indicated that the short legs of the bird could necessitate a new genus, Neochimia.<ref>{{Cite journal|authorlink=Jacques Bernard Hombron|last=Hombron|first=JB|authorlink2=Honoré Jacquinot|last2=Jacquinot|first2=H|date=1841|title=Description de plusieurs Oiseaux nouveaux ou peu connus, provenant de l'expedition autour du monde faite sur les corvettes l'Astrolabe et la Zelee|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35730769#page/320/mode/1up|journal=Annales des sciences naturelles|series=2|volume=16|pages=312-320|via=}}</ref> [[George Robert Gray|Gray]] adopted the name in 1849.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Gray|first=George Robert|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/148321#page/8/mode/1up|title=The genera of birds : comprising their generic characters, a notice of the habits of each genus, and an extensive list of species referred to their several genera|publisher=Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans|year=1849|isbn=|volume=2|location=London|pages=301-483|authorlink=George Robert Gray}}</ref> Derived from the Greek, ''neokhmos'' meaning new it signifies "new bird".<ref name="Names"/>
The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species list 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>{{Cite web|title=BirdLife International (2020) Species factsheet: Neochmia ruficauda.|url=http://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/star-finch-neochmia-ruficauda|last=|first=|date=2020|website=Birdlife International: Data Zone|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=23 May 2020}}</ref> In contrast the species ''Neochmia ruficauda'' is Presumed Extinct in New South Wales and the population is Near Threatened in the Northern Territory.<ref name=Atlas
Three subspecies have been described:
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