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Beautiful firetail

Stagonopleura bella (Latham, 1802)

LCLeast Concernsongbirds

The beautiful firetail (Stagonopleura bella) is a species in the family Estrildidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 14 g to 15 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Beautiful firetail (Stagonopleura bella)
Photo: JJ Harrison ( https://www.jjharrison.com.au/ ) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the beautiful firetail

Weight
14 g – 15 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Granivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
shrublandsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
4.5src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Generalistsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the beautiful firetail live?

Not recorded

What is the beautiful firetail?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The beautiful firetail (Stagonopleura bella) is a common species of estrildid finch found in Australia. It has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 1,000,000 km2 (390,000 sq mi). The species inhabits temperate shrubland habitats in Australia. The IUCN has classified the species as being of least concern.

From the Wikipedia article “Beautiful firetail” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Beautiful_firetail&oldid=1313791066), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the beautiful firetail endangered?

The beautiful firetail is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species.

How is the beautiful firetail classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyEstrildidae
  6. genusStagonopleura
  7. SpeciesStagonopleura bella (Latham, 1802)

Synonyms Emblema bella, Loxia bella, Loxia nitida, Zonaeginthus bellus, Zonaeginthus bellus flindersi, Zonaeginthus bellus rosinae, Zonaeginthus bellus tasmanicus

Other names and names in other languages (39)
  • الطائر الجميلArabic
  • ناري الذيل الجميلArabic
  • diamant barratCatalan
  • amadina vlnkovanáCzech
  • IldhalefinkeDanish
  • FeuerschwanzamadineGerman
  • Feuerschwanz-AmadineGerman
  • bela estrildoEsperanto
  • Diamante hermosoSpanish
  • Pinzón cola de fuego preciosoSpanish
  • viiramadiinEstonian
  • raitatuliperäFinnish
  • Diamant queue-de-feuFrench
  • Diamant à queue-de-feuFrench
  • prugasta amadinaCroatian
  • tűzfarkú pintyHungarian
  • Diamante magnificoItalian
  • Diamante coda di fuocoItalian
  • サザナミスズメJapanese
  • gražioji ugniauodegė amadinaLithuanian
  • VuurstaartastrildDutch
  • VuurstaartastrildeDutch
  • bandittastrildNorwegian
  • kraśniczek falistyPolish
  • diamante-formosoPortuguese
  • rabo-de-fogo-formosoPortuguese
  • Очковая амадинаRussian
  • Огненнохвостая амадинаRussian
  • Огненнохвостая очковая амадинаRussian
  • Огненнохвостая (очковая) амадинаRussian
  • diamantovka vlnkovanáSlovak
  • Plamenorepa amadinaSerbian
  • banditastrildSwedish
  • Bandad eldstjärtSwedish
  • Yazılı BelikınalıTurkish
  • вогнегуз тасманійськийUkrainian
  • wibungxdk
  • 艳火尾雀Chinese
  • 麗色火尾雀Chinese

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Relatives of the beautiful firetail

Other species in the same genus Stagonopleura.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the beautiful firetail?

An adult beautiful firetail weighs 14 g – 15 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the beautiful firetail endangered?

The beautiful firetail is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the beautiful firetail?

The beautiful firetail (Stagonopleura bella) belongs to the family Estrildidae in the order Passeriformes.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Beautiful firetail (Stagonopleura bella). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/beautiful-firetail

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BibTeX
@misc{beautiful_firetail_2026,
  title = {Beautiful firetail (Stagonopleura bella)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/beautiful-firetail},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}