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Diamond Firetail
Stagonopleura guttata(Shaw, 1796)
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- Order
- PASSERIFORMES
- Family
- Estrildidae
- Genus
- Stagonopleura
At a glance
The Diamond Firetail is a tiny bird, about 10–13 cm long, listed as Least Concern and endemic to Australia. It can be seen year-round.
- Size
- 10–13 cm
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
- Origin
- Endemic
- Best seen
- Year-round
- Commonness
- Endemic
01 · Identification
How to tell it apart
What does a Diamond Firetail look like?
The Diamond Firetail is a tiny bird, about 10–13 cm long and weighing 11–23 g.
The diamond firetail is a species of estrildid finch that is endemic to Australia. It has a patchy distribution and generally occupies drier forests and grassy woodlands west of the Great Dividing Range from South East Queensland to the Eyre Peninsula in South Australia. While it is a small stocky bird it is one of the largest finches in Australia. The birds are very distinctive with a black breast-band on a white breast. The flanks are black with white spots and it has a scarlet rump and a black tail.
Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
03 · When
When to look
When can you see a Diamond Firetail?
The Diamond Firetail is present across its Australian range year-round, so it can be seen in any month.
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05 · Behaviour
Habits and haunts
What does a Diamond Firetail eat?
The Diamond Firetail feeds on seeds, usually foraging in flocks.
06 · Gallery
Plumage up close
5 photos
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