beautiful firetail (Stagonopleura bella) male Description
Beautiful Firetail (Stagonopleura bella) male, Melaleuca, Southwest Conservation Area, Tasmania, Australia
Date 13 November 2011, 07:55:21
Author JJ Harrison https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:JJ_Harrison (jjharrison89@facebook.com)
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stagonopleura_bella_male_-_Melaleuca.jpg
The beautiful firetail (Stagonopleura bella) is a common species of estrildid finch found in Australia. The species inhabits temperate shrubland habitats in Australia. At 10 to 13 cm long and weighing 14g the beautiful firetail is a small plump bird, slightly smaller than the diamond firetail. Order: Passeriformes, Family: Estrildidae, Genus: Stagonopleura, Species: Stagonopleura bella (Latham, 1801).
