Red-eared Firetail
Stagonopleura oculata(Quoy, JRC; Gaimard, JP, 1832)
English (US) Red-eared Firetail
The Red-eared Firetail (Stagonopleura oculata) 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: southwestern Australia (Avon Valley to Cape Arid, Western Australia)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Stagonopleura oculata
- Order
- Passeriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Red-eared Firetail
- Described by
- (Quoy, JRC; Gaimard, JP, 1832)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Fringilla oculata
- Described by
- (Quoy, JRC; Gaimard, JP, 1832)
- Type locality
- King George's Sound, Western AustraHa.
- Original description
- Voyage de découvertes de la corvette l'Astrolabe, exécuté par ordre du Roi, pendant les années 1826-1827-1828-1829, sous le commandement de M. J. Dumont d'Urville (etc.). Zoologie. Vol. 1 1 p.211
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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