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The diamond firetail (Stagonopleura guttata) is a species of estrildid finch that

is endemic to Australia. To safeguard their eggs and nestlings, they are often
recorded building their nests into the base of the large stick-nest of a bird of
prey, such as a whistling kite, white-bellied sea eagle, wedge-tailed eagle, brown
falcon, nankeen kestrel, or square-tailed kite; one recorded nest of a whistling
kite contained nine diamond firetail nests within. This diamond firetail was
photographed in Glen Alice, New South Wales.

Photograph credit: John Harrison

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