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title: "Diamond Firetail"
description: "Stagonopleura guttata — Vogels. The diamond firetail (Stagonopleura guttata) is a species of estrildid finch that is endemic to Australia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/diamond-firetail
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Diamond Firetail

> Stagonopleura guttata — Vogels. The diamond firetail (Stagonopleura guttata) is a species of estrildid finch that is endemic to Australia.

- Scientific name: *Stagonopleura guttata*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos), `savanna` (Savanne)
- iNaturalist observations: 1294
- Wikidata: [Q1208585](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1208585)
- iNaturalist taxon: [14093](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/14093)

## Names

- en: Diamond Firetail
- de: Diamantamadine
- es: Diamante Moteado
- fr: Diamant à gouttelettes
- pt: Rabo-de-fogo-diamante
- pl: Kraśniczek diamentowy

## Countries with the most observations

AU (1191)

## Summary

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.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamond_firetail

## Photo

![Diamond Firetail](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/diamond-firetail/medium.jpg)

Photo: Joshua S. Martin · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/102004951

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/diamond-firetail?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).