Stagonopleura
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Stagonopleura | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scientific classification | ||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||
| species | ||||||||||||
|
S. bella |
Stagonopleura is an Australian genus of the estrildid finches. It is sometimes absorbed into Emblema. The members are:
- Beautiful Firetail, Stagonopleura bella
- Red-eared Firetail, Stagonopleura oculata
- Diamond Firetail, Stagonopleura guttata
They are very similar in appearance, with short red bills, brown upperparts, red rumps and uppertail coverts, and barred or spotted underparts.
[edit] References
- Clement, Harris and Davis, Finches and Sparrows ISBN 0-7136-8017-2
