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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.
Diamond firetail Male Female Stagonopleura guttata (Shaw, 1796) Eastern Australia from the Eyre Peninsula, South Australia, to south-eastern Queensland, often on the slopes of the Great Dividing Range Size: Habitat: Diet: VU Beautiful firetail Male Female Stagonopleura bella (Latham, 1801) Southeast of Australia; Tasmania: Size: Habitat: Diet: LC
The diamond firetail (Stagonopleura guttata) is a species of estrildid finch that is endemic to Australia. The species generally inhabits drier forests and grassy woodlands west of the Great Dividing Range, and can be distinguished by a black band on a white breast. Their flanks are black with white spots with a scarlet rump and a black tail.
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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]
The Kinchina Conservation Park – about 5 kilometres west of Murray Bridge – protects grassy woodland communities considered of high conservation significance and provides habitat for a number of birds that are in decline in the Mount Lofty Ranges, including the diamond firetail, Australasian darter and hooded robin.
The near threatened diamond firetail is also present. The IBA is defined by remnant patches of eucalypt - woodland and forest used by the birds in a largely anthropogenic landscape. It includes Aberdare and Pelton state forests , Broke Common, Singleton Army Base, Pokolbin , Quorrobolong , Abermain and Tomalpin, as well as various patches of ...
The bird species listed as 'vulnerable' in New South Wales, recorded in the reserve, are the little eagle, gang-gang cockatoo, turquoise parrot, brown treecreeper, speckled warbler, varied sittella, hooded robin, scarlet robin, flame robin, and diamond firetail. [4] The reserve contains evidence of historic Aboriginal activity.