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The
diamond firetail
(
Stagonopleura guttata
) is a species of
estrildid finch
that is endemic to Australia. To safeguard their eggs and nestlings, they 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
square-tailed kite
; one recorded nest of a whistling kite contained nine diamond firetail nests within. This diamond firetail was photographed in
Glen Alice, New South Wales
.
Photograph credit:
John Harrison
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