Abstract
The Masked Finch or Masked Grassfinch
(Poephila personata) is the third
and the rarest in aviculture of the three
species of the genus Poephila. It is a
striking bird with an interesting personality
and displays a remarkably well
developed "social behavior".
Like the Shaftail and Parson Finches,
the Masked Grassfmch is a tropical bird
inhabiting northern Australia from just
north of Derby in the state of Western
Australia to the Cape York Peninsula in
northern Queensland. Immelmann has
observed them as far south as Victoria
River Downs (16° 25'S).