Waxbills (Estrildidae)
Australian Zebra Finch (Taeniopygia castanotis) - HBW 15, p. 357
French: Mandarin d'Australie
German: Australzebraamadine
Spanish: Diamante Cebra Australiano
Other common names: Chestnut-eared/Spot(ted)-sided Finch
Taxonomy: Amadina castanotis Gould, 1837, interior of New South Wales, Australia.
Genus sometimes subsumed in Poephila. Formerly considered conspecific with T. guttata, and each is the other's closest relative, but they differ in plumage, size and songs and, when kept together in an aviary, each pairs with its own species; isolated individuals interbreed and offspring produced are fertile (unlike hybrids between this and other estrildids). Also, the two interbreed when male plumage experimentally painted to look like the other, or when male cross-fostered and imprinted as young; mate choice affected by experience, although cross-fostered individuals usually p.. View all taxonomy...
Genus sometimes subsumed in Poephila. Formerly considered conspecific with T. guttata, and each is the other's closest relative, but they differ in plumage, size and songs and, when kept together in an aviary, each pairs with its own species; isolated individuals interbreed and offspring produced are fertile (unlike hybrids between this and other estrildids). Also, the two interbreed when male plumage experimentally painted to look like the other, or when male cross-fostered and imprinted as young; mate choice affected by experience, although cross-fostered individuals usually pair with their own species. Monotypic.
Distribution: Most of mainland Australia.
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A pair in a tree, showing allopreening. Locality Queensland, Australia (Monotypic species)
Peter Nash 25 October 2006 6 years ago 46 sec 4.3 -
A group of birds at a feeder, with Double-barred Finches. Locality Lockyer Valley, Queensland, Australia (Monotypic species)
Eldert Groenewoud 19 July 2007 4 years ago 13 sec 4.1 -
A male feeding on the ground. Locality Western Treatment Plant, Werribee, Victoria, Australia (Monotypic species)
Nick Talbot 31 August 2007 5 years ago 3 sec 3.9 -
Three males having a bath. Locality Parc Pairi Daiza (Paradisio), Cambron-Casteau, Brugelette, Hainaut Province, Belgium (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 4 June 2010 2 years ago 43 sec 3.8 -
A male moving on the ground and feeding Locality Western Treatment Plant, Werribee, Victoria, Australia (Monotypic species)
Nick Talbot 31 August 2007 5 years ago 4 sec 3.8 -
A male and a female feeding on the ground. Locality Western Treatment Plant, Werribee, Victoria, Australia (Monotypic species)
Nick Talbot 9 August 2010 2 years ago 18 sec 3.6
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adult male perched on branch
Locality Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia (Monotypic species)
Mat Gilfedder 19 April 2009 3 years ago 4.4 -
Two birds resting.
Locality Vogelpark Heiligenkirchen, Detmold, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (Monotypic species)
picopluma 7 August 2009 3 years ago 4.3 -
Adult male foraging in grassland.
Locality Ellendale Pool, Western Australia, Australia (Monotypic species)
Graham Little 22 August 2009 3 years ago 3.8 -
Two Zebra Finches taking off after a drink
Locality Broome, Western Australia, Australia
gadcock 23 August 2009 3 years ago 3.8 -
Male
Locality Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia
Lindsay Hansch 8 June 2008 2 years ago 3.6 -
A female feeding on the ground with a small group
Locality Uluru (Ayers) Rock, Northern Territory, Australia (Monotypic species)
Gustavo A. Rodríguez 6 July 2008 5 weeks ago 3.5
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A male giving calls Locality Switzerland
(Monotypic species)
Michael C 19 December 2009 3 years ago 3
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