The Silver Diamond Firetail Barely Even Looks Real

Meet the silver diamond firetail, a rare variety of native Australian finch that looks like a Christmas angel with flames spilling from beneath its robes. Only the most experienced breeders can reliably produce this variety of the diamond firetail (Stagonopleura guttata), selecting parents that carry the recessive genes that give rise to this almost pearlescent plumage.

Keeping to coastal scrublands and forests, it's a tricky bird to track down, but if you're going to find it anywhere, it'll be near water. And let's just say when they get there, they're not exactly quiet. Look how excited they all are: