Mountain Firetail
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The Mountain Firetail Oreostruthus fuliginosus is a common species of estrildid finch
found in West Papua, Indonesia
and Papua New Guinea
. It has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 20,000-50,000 km². It is the only species in the genus Oreostruthus.
It is commonly found in subtropical/ tropical dry forest. The status of the species is evaluated as Least Concern
.
Estrildid finch
The estrildid finches are small passerine birds of the Old World tropics and Australasia. They can be classified as the family Estrildidae , or as a sub-group within the family Passeridae, which also includes the true sparrows....
found in West Papua, Indonesia
Indonesia
Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...
and Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea , officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is a country in Oceania, occupying the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and numerous offshore islands...
. It has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 20,000-50,000 km². It is the only species in the genus Oreostruthus.
It is commonly found in subtropical/ tropical dry forest. The status of the species is evaluated as Least Concern
Least Concern
Least Concern is an IUCN category assigned to extant taxon or lower taxa which have been evaluated but do not qualify for any other category. As such they do not qualify as threatened, Near Threatened, or Conservation Dependent...
.