Showing posts with label Stagonopleura oculata. Show all posts
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Friday, March 27, 2015

RED-EARED FIRETAIL

Photographed at Cheyennes Beach, Western Australia March 2015
551          RED-EARED FIRETAIL           Stagonopleura oculata

Australia          (393)

Endemic to sw. WA from Darling Ras., near Perth, s. to Manjimup-Pemberton, e. coastally to Cape Arid NP, inland to Stirling Ras. NP. 11-13 cm. Found in forest undergrowth; vegetation on creeks; gullies with she oak, saw-sedge; coastal scrubs, heaths, paperbarks.