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Diamond firetail

Stagonopleura guttata (Shaw, 1796)

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The diamond firetail (Stagonopleura guttata) is a species in the family Estrildidae, order Passeriformes. Recorded adults weigh 16 g to 17.6 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Vulnerable.

Diamond firetail (Stagonopleura guttata)
Photo: JJ Harrison ( https://www.jjharrison.com.au/ ) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the diamond firetail

Weight
16 g – 17.6 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Granivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
woodlandsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
30.2src for Young per litter or clutch
Litters or clutches a year
2src for Litters or clutches a year
Lifestyle
Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Vulnerable (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the diamond firetail live?

Not recorded

What is the diamond firetail?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The diamond firetail (Stagonopleura guttata) is a species of estrildid finch that is endemic to Australia. It has a patchy distribution and generally occupies drier forests and grassy woodlands west of the Great Dividing Range from South East Queensland to the Eyre Peninsula in South Australia. While it is a small stocky bird it is one of the largest finches in Australia. The birds are very distinctive with a black breast-band on a white breast. The flanks are black with white spots and it has a scarlet rump (hence the name) and a black tail.

From the Wikipedia article “Diamond firetail” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Diamond_firetail&oldid=1339576012), 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 diamond firetail endangered?

The diamond firetail is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List: it faces a high risk of extinction in the wild.

  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 Vulnerable species.

How is the diamond firetail classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderPasseriformes
  5. familyEstrildidae
  6. genusStagonopleura
  7. SpeciesStagonopleura guttata (Shaw, 1796)

Synonyms Emblema guttata, Loxia guttata, Zonaeginthus guttatus philordi

Other names and names in other languages (29)
  • ناري الذيل الماسيArabic
  • diamant maculatCatalan
  • amadina diamantováCzech
  • DiamantfinkeDanish
  • DiamantfinkGerman
  • Diamant-AmadineGerman
  • DiamantamadineGerman
  • diamanta estrildoEsperanto
  • Diamante moteadoSpanish
  • teemantamadiinEstonian
  • timanttituliperäFinnish
  • Diamant à gouttelettesFrench
  • srebrnasta amadinaCroatian
  • gyémántpintyHungarian
  • Diamante diamantinoItalian
  • オオキンカチョウJapanese
  • puošnioji ugniauodegė amadinaLithuanian
  • DiamantastrildDutch
  • kraśniczek diamentowyPolish
  • diamante-malhadoPortuguese
  • rabo-de-fogo-diamantePortuguese
  • Алмазная амадинаRussian
  • Бриллиантовая амадинаRussian
  • diamantovka bodkovanáSlovak
  • Dijamant amadinaSerbian
  • Elmas İspinozuTurkish
  • вогнегуз діамантовийUkrainian
  • 斑胁火尾雀Chinese
  • 斑脇火尾雀Chinese

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Relatives of the diamond 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 diamond firetail?

An adult diamond firetail weighs 16 g – 17.6 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the diamond firetail endangered?

The diamond firetail is listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, meaning it faces a high risk of extinction in the wild.

What kind of animal is the diamond firetail?

The diamond firetail (Stagonopleura guttata) belongs to the family Estrildidae in the order Passeriformes.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Diamond firetail (Stagonopleura guttata). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/diamond-firetail

MLA

“Diamond firetail (Stagonopleura guttata).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/diamond-firetail.

BibTeX
@misc{diamond_firetail_2026,
  title = {Diamond firetail (Stagonopleura guttata)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/diamond-firetail},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}