The mountain firetail (''Oreostruthus fuliginosus'') is a common species of
estrildid finch
Estrildidae, or estrildid finches, is a family (taxonomy), family of small seed-eating passerine birds of the Old World tropics and Australasia. They comprise species commonly known as munias, mannikins, firefinches, parrotfinches and waxbills.
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found in
New Guinea
New Guinea (; Hiri Motu: ''Niu Gini''; , fossilized , also known as Papua or historically ) is the List of islands by area, world's second-largest island, with an area of . Located in Melanesia in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, the island is ...
. It has an estimated global extent of occurrence of . It is the only species in the genus ''Oreostruthus''.
It is commonly found in upper montane forest edge and shrubby borders of subalpine grasslands across the central highlands of New Guinea.
The
IUCN
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has classified the species as being of
least concern
A least-concern species is a species that has been evaluated and categorized by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) as not being a focus of wildlife conservation because the specific species is still plentiful in the wil ...
.
References
External links
BirdLife International species factsheet
mountain firetail
Birds of the New Guinea Highlands
mountain firetail
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