Stagonopleura guttata
5 Diamond Firetail at Kambah, ACT
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| Stagonopleura guttata | MatthewFrawley | 13 Oct 2024 | |
| Stagonopleura guttata | HelenCross | 13 Oct 2024 |
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Nest building at the base of an occupied Wedge-tailed eagle nest
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13 Oct 2024
I hadn't seen it before but apparently they're known for it. From Birdlife Australia: "To safeguard their eggs and nestlings, Diamond Firetails are often recorded building their nests into the base of the large stick-nest of a bird of prey such as a Whistling Kite, White-bellied Sea-Eagle, Wedge-tailed Eagle, Brown Falcon, Nankeen Kestrel or a Square-tailed Kite. One nest of a Whistling Kite contained nine Diamond Firetail nests!"
Location information
- Places Kambah, ACT
Sighting information
- 2 Abundance
- HelenCross Recorded by
- Yes Nesting site
Collections
- HelenCross Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr ACT threatened species! Stagonopleura guttata Small (Robin, Finch, Thornbill etc) Other Birds Birds
Species information
- Stagonopleura guttata Scientific name
- Diamond Firetail Common name
- Sensitive
- Vulnerable *
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1030.6m Recorded at altitude
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Nesting site
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