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Stagonopleura oculata

Photo by Mike Bouette
Location: Victoria Dam ( Perth Hills), Western Australia

[edit] Identification

12-13cm. Olive-brown, finely barred in black, red bill, crimson rump and uppertail coverts. Small crimson ear patch. Bold white spots on black flanks. Breeding Female: paler ear patch, bill. Immature lacks white spotting on flanks and red on ear coverts and has black bill.

[edit] Distribution

South western Australia

[edit] Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species

[edit] Habitat

Coastal thickets and swampy heathland.

[edit] Behaviour

Its diet includes seeds and insects.

It makes a bottle shaped nest of green grasses. 4-6 white eggs are laind and incubated for 14 days by both parents. The young fledge in about 21 days.

[edit] External Links

• View more images of this species on the ABID