Stagonopleura

Taxobox
name = " Stagonopleura "
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Passeriformes
familia = Estrildidae
genus = " Stagonopleura "
genus_authority = | genus_authority = Reichenbach, 1850
subdivision_ranks = species
subdivision = "S. bella"
"S. oculata"
"S. guttata"

"Stagonopleura " is an Australian genus of the estrildid finches. It is sometimes absorbed into "Emblema". The members are:
* Beautiful Firetail, "Stagonopleura bella"
* Red-eared Firetail, "Stagonopleura oculata"
* Diamond Firetail, "Stagonopleura guttata"They are very similar in appearance, with short red bills, brown upperparts, red rumps and uppertail coverts, and barred or spotted underparts.

References

*Clement, Harris and Davis, "Finches and Sparrows" ISBN 0-7136-8017-2