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 Diamond Firetails prefer rough grassy woodland as a habitat, and can be found on the outskirts of the city. They are much less sociable than other native finches but sometimes group together in small flocks. They do not appear to be able to cope with the suburban habitat. All 14 records are from three sites, two of these are on the absolute outer edge of the suburbs, adjoining vacant woodland and one site is semi-rural on Sutton Road. In four of the seventeen years of the survey there were no reports at all.
Numbers from October to January are low, probably as the birds move out to breed in adjacent woodland. Numbers are highest in August-September, probably due to birds forming flocks at that time. R= 127. BR=NA.
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