Waxbills (Estrildidae)
Beautiful Firetail (Stagonopleura bella) - HBW 15, p. 353
French: Diamant queue-de-feu
German: Feuerschwanzamadine
Spanish: Diamante Hermoso
Other common names: Beautiful Firetail-Finch, Tasmanian Waxbill
Taxonomy: Loxia bella Latham, 1801, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Present species and S. oculata have sometimes been placed in a separate genus, Zonaeginthus. In South Australia, proposed races samueli (from Kangaroo I) and interposita (described from Big Heath Conservation Park, in Naracoorte) appear to exhibit no constant differences from birds elsewhere in species' range. Treated as monotypic.
Distribution: SE South Australia (E from S Mt Lofty Ranges and Kangaroo I) E to S Victoria and SE New South Wales (E from E slope of Great Divide, S from Mulbring area), Flinders I and Tasmania.
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Male - perched from front and back Locality Barren Grounds Nature Reserve, New South Wales, Australia
Stephen Wallace 28 January 2012 2 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 8 sec 4.2 -
feeding on bird table, probable non-adult Locality Melaleuca, Southwest National Park, Tasmania, Australia (Monotypic species)
Martin Kennewell 20 January 2012 2 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 32 sec 3.7 -
Several birds moving around a fence. Locality Port Campbell National Park, Victoria, Australia (ssp interposita)
Josep del Hoyo 31 October 2009 1 year ago 32 sec 3.6 -
feeding on bird table, probable non-adult Locality Melaleuca, Southwest National Park, Tasmania, Australia (Monotypic species)
Martin Kennewell 20 January 2012 2 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 23 sec 3 -
An adult perched on a branch Locality Cape Borda, Flinders Chase National Park, Kangaroo Island, South Australia, Australia (Monotypic species)
Philip Griffin 5 April 2003 8 years ago 4 sec 2.8 -
perched up against the light, calling Locality Melaleuca, Southwest National Park, Tasmania, Australia (Monotypic species)
Martin Kennewell 20 January 2012 2 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 14 sec 2
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bird sitting on branch
Locality Kate Reed State Recreation Area, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
Dirk Tomsa 3 December 2009 30 weeks ago 3.9 -
Single bird at Orange-bellied Parrot feeder.
Locality Melaleuca, Southwest National Park, Tasmania, Australia
Tom Tarrant 17 February 2003 2 years ago 3.5
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