South-eastern Australia from south-central and south-eastern Queensland south to south-eastern South Australia (south to southern Eyre Peninsula and Kangaroo I) and southern Victoria.
South-central Queensland to South Australia and Kangaroo Island, west to Eyre Peninsula.
Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.
Population
Estimated population is 200,000 (2010) and decreasing.
Status LC
Habitat loss and degradation are the main threats.
Diamond Firetail (Stagonopleura guttata) [XC336763]
by Eddy Smith from Eynesbury, Victoria, Australia (call)
Diamond Firetail (Stagonopleura guttata) [XC576503]
by Marc Anderson from The Pilliga, New South Wales, Australia (call)
Breeding Season (Guide)
August - January, sometimes later.
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Nest
Bottle-shaped, bulky, on its side, composed of dried grasses and lined with feathers, in a bush or tree in thick foliage. Sometimes in the outer, loose, material of an eagles or crows' nest.
Eggs (Guide)
4 - 7; pure white; oval; about 18 x 13 mm. Incubation: 12 - 15 days; by both sexes.
Young
Altricial, nidicolous. Fledge in 10 - 12 days.
The Field Guide to the Birds of Australia Pizzey, G., and Knight, E., 1997, Angus & Robertson, Sydney ISBN 0 207 19691 5
Field Guide to Australian Birds Morecombe, M., 2000, Steve Parish Publishing Pty Ltd. ISBN 1 876282 10 X
Field Guide to the Birds of Australia Simpson, K., and Day, N., 1999, 6th Edition, Viking ISBN 0 670 87918 5
Reader's Digest Complete Book of Australian Birds 1988, 2nd Edition, Reader's Digest ISBN 0 949819 99 9
What Bird is That? 1984, Revised Edition, Angus & Robertson, Sydney ISBN 0 207 14846 5
Handbook of Australian, New Zealand & Antarctic Birds 1990 - , Oxford University Press, Melbourne ISBN 0 19 553244 9
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