Mountain Firetail | |
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Conservation status | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Estrildidae |
Genus: | Oreostruthus De Vis, 1898 |
Species: | O. fuliginosus |
Binomial name | |
Oreostruthus fuliginosus (De Vis, 1897) |
The Mountain Firetail Oreostruthus fuliginosus is a common species of estrildid finch found in West Papua, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. It has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 20,000-50,000 kmĀ². It is the only species in the genus Oreostruthus.
It is commonly found in subtropical/ tropical dry forest. The status of the species is evaluated as Least Concern.