Painted Firetail Emblema pictum Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (19)
- Monotypic
Text last updated June 18, 2014
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Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
---|---|
Catalan | diamant pintat |
Dutch | Geschilderde Astrild |
English | Painted Firetail |
English (Australia) | Painted Finch |
English (United States) | Painted Firetail |
French | Diamant peint |
French (France) | Diamant peint |
German | Maleramadine |
Japanese | コマチスズメ |
Norwegian | mosaikkastrild |
Polish | kraśniczek czerwonolicy |
Russian | Расписная амадина |
Serbian | Pikta amadina |
Slovak | zebrička maľovaná |
Spanish | Diamante Pintado |
Spanish (Spain) | Diamante pintado |
Swedish | målad astrild |
Turkish | Boyalı Belikınalı |
Ukrainian | Вогнегуз червонощокий |
Emblema pictum Gould, 1842
Definitions
- EMBLEMA
- pictum
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Systematics History
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Distribution
Arid and semi-arid country (mainly N of Tropic of Capricorn) discontinuously in Western Australia (mainly Kimberley Division and Pilbara Region S to Carnarvon), Northern Territory (mainly Tennant Creek S to Uluru), W Queensland (E to Mt Isa and Longreach) and South Australia (mainly around L Eyre, L Torrens and L Frome, and Flinders Ranges); casual breeding in New South Wales (1).
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Conservation Status
Not globally threatened. Considered to vary from locally fairly common to uncommon; widespread in inland and other arid and semi-arid areas. Occasional records well outside normal range; several records in NW New South Wales since 1977, including a breeding case c. Menindee in Sept 2007 (2).