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The diamond firetail has also been known as the "spotted finch (Lewin 1808), spotted grossbeak (Lewin 1822), spotted-sided grossbeak (Latham 1823),spotted-sided finch (Mathews 1927) and spotted- finch (Gould 1848)". The name diamond firetail was first used in the Royal Australian Ornithological Union second official checklist in 1926. [2]
The family Estrildidae was introduced in 1850 by the French naturalist Charles Lucien Bonaparte as "Estreldinae", a spelling variant of the subfamily name. [2] [3] In the list of world birds maintained by Frank Gill, Pamela Rasmussen and David Donsker on behalf of the International Ornithological Committee (IOC) the family contains 140 species divided into 41 genera. [4]
Firetail is a common name for several bird species: Red-browed firetail, Neochmia temporalis, or red-browed finch; Red-faced firetail, Neochmia ruficauda, star finch; Beautiful firetail, Stagonopleura bella; Diamond firetail, Stagonopleura guttata; Red-eared firetail or Western firetail, Stagonopleura oculata
At 10 to 13 cm (3.9 to 5.1 in) long and weighing 14 g (1 ⁄ 2 oz) the beautiful firetail is a small plump bird, slightly smaller than the diamond firetail. Its plumage is mostly olive-brown. The white chest has a fine pattern of dark lines. The head has a black mask with pale blue rings around the eyes and a thick red beak.
Finches are a form taxon composed of unrelated but similar-looking songbirds within the family Fringillidae of the superfamily Passeroidea. The family Fringillidae includes numerous birds not called "finches" in their common names, including the crossbills , siskins , and waxbills .
The painted finch is a small passerine that is 10–12 cm (3.9–4.7 in) in length and weighs around 11.5 g (0.41 oz). Male painted finches have a red forehead and face that stand out in contrast to the black breast of individuals.
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Common diuca-finch, successfully introduced to Easter Island; Saffron finch, successfully introduced to Jamaica, Panama, the Hawaiian Islands and probably Tobago; Grassland yellow-finch, successfully introduced to Barbados, from whence it has colonised several other West Indies islands; White-collared seedeater, unsuccessfully introduced to Cuba