Beautiful Firetail
Stagonopleura bella(Latham, J, 1801)
English (US) Beautiful Firetail
The Beautiful Firetail (Stagonopleura bella) 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.
- Scientific name
- Stagonopleura bella
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Beautiful Firetail
- Described by
- (Latham, J, 1801)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 3 subspecies for this species.
- Stagonopleura bella bella
- Stagonopleura bella interposita
- Stagonopleura bella samueli
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Loxia bella
- Described by
- (Latham, J, 1801)
- Type locality
- New Holland [= Sydney, New South Wales].
- Original description
- Supplementum indicis ornithologici, sive systematis ornithologiæ p.xliv
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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