Beautiful Firetail
Stagonopleura bella
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyEstrildidae (Waxbills and Allies)
- GenusStagonopleura (Australian Firetails)
- SpeciesStagonopleura bella (Beautiful Firetail)
Closest Relatives at Blue Mountains National Park
Diamond Firetail
Stagonopleura guttata
Red-browed Firetail
Neochmia temporalis
Double-barred Finch
Taeniopygia bichenovii
Chestnut-breasted Munia
Lonchura castaneothorax
Zebra Finch
Taeniopygia guttata
Eastern Spinebill
Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris
Australian Magpie
Gymnorhina tibicen
Red Wattlebird
Anthochaera carunculata
Pied Currawong
Strepera graculina
Brown Thornbill
Acanthiza pusilla
Grey Fantail
Rhipidura albiscapa
Yellow-faced Honeyeater
Caligavis chrysops
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
| # | Park | Country | Probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Freycinet National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 2 | Royal National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 3 | Wilsons Promontory National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 4 | Great Otway National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 5 | Blue Mountains National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 6 | Booderee National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia | |
| 7 | Cradle Mountain-Lake St Clair National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Beautiful Firetail in Blue Mountains National Park?
About 3% of visitor-days record a Beautiful Firetail sighting in Blue Mountains National Park, based on 168 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Beautiful Firetail in Blue Mountains National Park?
February has the highest sighting rate for Beautiful Firetail in Blue Mountains National Park in our monthly data.