Mountain Firetail
Oreostruthus fuliginosus(De Vis, CW, 1897)
English (US) Mountain Firetail
The Mountain Firetail (Oreostruthus fuliginosus) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Estrildidae (Munias, Parrotfinches, Waxbills, and Allies) in the order Passeriformes.
Range: high montane west-central to southeastern New GuineaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Oreostruthus fuliginosus
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Mountain Firetail
- Described by
- (De Vis, CW, 1897)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Oreospiza fuliginosa
- Described by
- (De Vis, CW, 1897)
- Type locality
- Mt. Scratchley.
- Original description
- Ibis ser.7, vol.3, no.11 p.389
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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