Photo: JJ Harrison (https://www.jjharrison.com.au/) / CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Beautiful Firetail
Stagonopleura bella
Beautiful Firetail (Stagonopleura bella) — Songbirds & Perching Birds of Australia & Oceania.
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The Beautiful Firetail (Stagonopleura bella) is a member of the Estrildidae family found in Australia & Oceania. Adults weigh 14 g. The IUCN Red List lists it as Least Concern.
Conservation status
IUCN Red List (opens in a new tab)Widespread and abundant — not currently at risk.
Where it fits
- Class Aves
- Order Passeriformes
- Family Estrildidae Waxbills, Munias & Allies
- Genus Stagonopleura
- Species bella
Quick facts
- Weight
- 14 g
- Diet
- Seed-eaters
- Family
- Estrildidae
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Habitat
- Woodland
How to identify
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Biology & behaviour
Diet
The Beautiful Firetail is a granivore — it feeds mainly on seeds and grain.
Behaviour
A bird of semi-open scrub and shrubland, it uses a wide range of foraging strategies.
Migration
The Beautiful Firetail is largely sedentary, staying within its range year-round rather than making regular long-distance migrations.
The Beautiful Firetail (Stagonopleura bella) is a species of bird in the Estrildidae family, part of the order Passeriformes. It is found across Australia & Oceania. Its distribution covers AU s, se Australia and Tasmania.
It is a very small bird. Adults weighs around 14 g, with a wing length of about 5.7 cm and a tail of around 4.9 cm.
The IUCN Red List currently assesses it as Least Concern. That category covers species that remain widespread and reasonably abundant in the wild.
The species has a mapped global range of roughly 277,000 km².
Songs & calls
Frequently asked questions
How big is the Beautiful Firetail?
The Beautiful Firetail is a very small bird that weighs around 14 g.
Where does the Beautiful Firetail live?
The Beautiful Firetail is found across Australia & Oceania with a range covering AU s, se Australia and Tasmania, where it favours woodland, forest and well-treed country.
What family does the Beautiful Firetail belong to?
The Beautiful Firetail (Stagonopleura bella) belongs to the Estrildidae family, in the order Passeriformes.
What does the Beautiful Firetail eat?
The Beautiful Firetail is a granivore — it feeds mainly on seeds and grain.
Does the Beautiful Firetail migrate?
The Beautiful Firetail is largely sedentary, staying within its range year-round rather than making regular long-distance migrations.
Is the Beautiful Firetail endangered?
The IUCN Red List currently assesses it as Least Concern That category covers species that remain widespread and reasonably abundant in the wild.
What sound does the Beautiful Firetail make?
1 real field recording of the Beautiful Firetail — including its call — can be played in the Songs & calls section on this page, credited to the recordist who captured it.
How large is the Beautiful Firetail's range?
The Beautiful Firetail has a mapped global range of about 277,000 km².
Conservation
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