Stagonopleura guttata

Diamond Firetail at Tantawangalo, NSW

Stagonopleura guttata at Tantawangalo, NSW - 8 Aug 2015
Stagonopleura guttata at Tantawangalo, NSW - 8 Aug 2015
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Identification history

Stagonopleura guttata 20 Sep 2017 TONIeye

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Diamond Firetail Finch. An endangered species. Reappears on our farm each Spring in flocks of ten or more. Feeds with the Yellow Rumped Thornbill.

2 comments

libbyh wrote:
   21 Sep 2017
Thanks for this Toni, a splendid image
JackieMiles wrote:
   22 Sep 2017
Good to know they are hanging in somewhere. I haven't seen any for a long time.

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Species information

  • Stagonopleura guttata Scientific name
  • Diamond Firetail Common name
  • Sensitive
  • Very rare / threatened
  • Non-Invasive
  • Up to 1030.6m Recorded at altitude
  • 256 images trained Machine learning
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