PASSERIFORMES: Estrildidae

Stagonopleura guttata  

Diamond Firetail (Stagonopleura guttata)
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© Larry Dunis 2009
Brisbane Ranges National Park, VIC (Nov, 2009)

The dandy of the finch world.

The Diamond Firetail builds a nest with green grass blades and stems and lines it with fine grasses and feathers. (HANZAB)

Diamond Firetail (Stagonopleura guttata)

Diamond Firetail

Diamond Firetail (Stagonopleura guttata)

Diamond Firetail

Diamond Firetail (Stagonopleura guttata)

Diamond Firetail

Diamond Firetail (Stagonopleura guttata)

Diamond Firetail

Diamond Firetail (Stagonopleura guttata)

Diamond Firetail

Diamond Firetail (Stagonopleura guttata)

King of the castle

Diamond Firetail (Stagonopleura guttata)

Diamond Firetail

Diamond Firetail (Stagonopleura guttata)

Immature Diamond Firetail

Diamond Firetail (Stagonopleura guttata)

Immature Diamond Firetail

Diamond Firetail (Stagonopleura guttata)

Juvenile Diamond Firetail

Diamond Firetail (Stagonopleura guttata)

Diamond Firetail

Diamond Firetail (Stagonopleura guttata)

Diamond Firetail