Stagonopleura | |
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Beautiful firetail | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Estrildidae |
Genus: |
Stagonopleura L. Reichenbach, 1850 |
species | |
S. bella |
S. bella
S. oculata
S. guttata
Stagonopleura is an Australian genus of the estrildid finches. It is sometimes absorbed into Emblema. The members are:
They are very similar in appearance, with short red bills, brown upperparts, red rumps and uppertail coverts, and barred or spotted underparts.