Australian Firetails
Stagonopleura
Stagonopleura is a genus of small seed-eating birds in the family Estrildidae that are native to Australia.
The species are similar in appearance, with short red bills, brown upperparts, red rumps and uppertail coverts, and barred or spotted underparts. The informal name of firetails refers to the rich crimson colour at the rump, a prominent characteristic of the genus.
3 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 3 known species
Diamond Firetail
speciesStagonopleura guttata
Red-eared Firetail
speciesStagonopleura oculata
Beautiful Firetail
speciesStagonopleura bella
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 14090.