PASSERIFORMES: Estrildidae

Stagonopleura guttata  

Diamond Firetail (Stagonopleura guttata)
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© Geoff Walker 2009
Durikai Forest, QLD (Jun, 2009)

These birds are under duress in New South Wales and Victoria so it is nice to still find them even though numbers are small.

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