Beautiful Firetail

Emblema bella

Other Names: Firetail Finch, Firetailed Finch.

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DISTRIBUTION:

Coastal areas; prefer thick belts of tea-tree scrub and casuarinas not far from water. Uncommon to rare on mainland south-eastern Australia, more plentiful in Tasmania and on offshore islands.

Beautiful Firetail

Distribution Map

IDENTIFICATION.

LENGTH = 120 mm

MALE: Crown and back olive-brown finely barred with black; rump and upper tail-coverts crimson; tail brown to black with slight bars. Lores and around eyes black; underparts light grey with thin black bars; centre of belly and undertail-coverts black. Eye hazel with naked blue eye-ring; bill red; legs pink-brown.

FEMALE: Similar to male but no black in centre of belly.

IMMATURES: Duller than adults, with indistinct bars; bill black.

 

NESTING. 

Breeds September-January. Nest spherical with long entrance tunnel; measures 350-400 mm long, 150-170 mm high and 150-200 mm wide, made of green grass stems, lined with white feathers. Eggs: Five to eight; white; 18 X 12 mm.

 

 

 

FORMS. 

There is only one form of Beautiful Firetail.

 

AVIARY BREEDING.

NESTING TYPES:

FEEDING:

OTHER FEEDS: Cuttlebone and shell grit should be supplied at all times.

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:
AVIARY SPECIFICATIONS. WIRE MESH:
LENGTH: WIDTH: HEIGHT:
SHED:

These are recommendations only and individual breeders may have different dimensions and specifications.

 

FLOOR:

OTHER:

BREEDER SUBMISSIONS.
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Author P Campbell
Copyright © 2002 P. Campbell. All rights reserved.
Revised: April 20, 2002 .