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The diamond firetail (Stagonopleura guttata) 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.
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.
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.
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The IBA is an important site for the diamond firetail.. The Goonoo Important Bird Area is a 1034 km 2 tract of wooded land in New South Wales, Australia.It lies between the towns of Dubbo, Gilgandra and Dunedoo, about 200 km north-west of Sydney.
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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]