Mountain Firetail

Mountain Firetail
Mountain Firetail
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Estrildidae
Genus: Oreostruthus
De Vis, 1898
Species: O. fuliginosus
Binomial name
Oreostruthus fuliginosus
(De Vis, 1897)

The Mountain Firetail Oreostruthus fuliginosus is a common species of estrildid finch found in West Papua, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. It has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 20,000-50,000 km². It is the only species in the genus Oreostruthus.

It is commonly found in subtropical/ tropical dry forest. The status of the species is evaluated as Least Concern.

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