| Stagonopleura | |
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| Beautiful firetail (Stagonopleura bella) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Estrildidae |
| Genus: | Stagonopleura Reichenbach, 1850 |
| Type species | |
| Loxia guttata diamond firetail Shaw, 1796
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| Species | |
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S. bella | |
Stagonopleura is a genus of small seed-eating birds in the family Estrildidae that are native to Australia.
The species are similar in appearance, with short red bills, brown upperparts, red rumps and uppertail coverts, and barred or spotted underparts. The informal name of firetails refers to the rich crimson colour at the rump, a prominent characteristic of the genus.[1]
- ^ Forshaw, Joseph Michael; Shephard, Mark (2012). Grassfinches in Australia. CSIRO. pp. 48, 76. ISBN 9780643096349.