Stagonopleura
| Stagonopleura | |
|---|---|
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| Beautiful firetail | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Estrildidae |
| Genus: | Stagonopleura L. Reichenbach, 1850 |
| species | |
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S. bella | |
Stagonopleura is an Australian genus of the estrildid finches. It is sometimes absorbed into Emblema. The members are:
- Beautiful firetail, Stagonopleura bella
- Red-eared firetail, Stagonopleura oculata
- Diamond firetail, Stagonopleura guttata
They are very similar in appearance, with short red bills, brown upperparts, red rumps and uppertail coverts, and barred or spotted underparts.
References
- Clement, Harris and Davis, Finches and Sparrows ISBN 0-7136-8017-2
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