Finches | Painted Finch > mixed company | strike a pose | water ◦
The Painted Finch (Emblema pictum) are often seen perched in shrubs and trees, as well as sharing a water source with other similar sized birds, such as the Zebra Finches. A small bird of the arid inland region of Australia, they can also be seen in the company of larger birds such as budgerigars.
Painted Finches and Budgerigar, Santa Teresa, NT
Diamond Doves (Geopelia cuneata) with Painted Finch (Emblema pictum)
Diamond Dove, Painted Finch and Zebra FInches Diamond Dove, Painted Finch and Zebra FInches




- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Aves
- Order: Passeriformes
- Family: Estrildidae
- Genus: Emblema
- Species: E. pictum
- Binomial name: Emblema pictum