Diamond Firetail
Stagonopleura guttata(Shaw, G, 1796)
English (US) Diamond Firetail
The Diamond Firetail (Stagonopleura guttata) 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: southeastern Australia (central Queensland coast to Eyre Peninsula)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Stagonopleura guttata
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Vulnerable
- English (US)
- Diamond Firetail
- Described by
- (Shaw, G, 1796)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Loxia guttata
- Described by
- (Shaw, G, 1796)
- Type locality
- Australia [= Sydney, New South Wales] .
- Original description
- Museum Leverianum, containing select specimens from the museum of the late Sir Ashton Lever (etc.) 6 p.47
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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