Taeniopygia guttata (Zebra Finch)

Zebra Finch

Taeniopygia guttata (Vieillot, 1817)

The Zebra Finch (Taeniopygia guttata) (formerly Poephila guttata), is the most common estrildid finch of Central Australia and ranges over most of the continent, avoiding only the cool moist south and the tropical far north. It can also be found natively in Indonesia and East Timor. The bird has been introduced to Puerto Rico, Portugal, Brazil and the United States. Source: Wikipedia

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Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Estrildidae
Genus:
  Taeniopygia

Scientific:
Taeniopygia guttata

Citation:
(Vieillot, 1817)

Reference:
Nouv.Dict.Hist.Nat. p.233

Protonym:
Fringilla guttata

Avibase ID:
CF7D71B0FC773B09

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/CF7D71B0

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 563276

Geographic range:

Taeniopygia guttata: Lesser Sundas (Lombok and Sumba to Timor and Sermata)

Source: Clements checklist

English:
Zebra Finch
Danish:
Timorzebrafinke
German:
Timorzebraamadine
Spanish:
Diamante cebra de Timor
Finnish:
seeprapeippo
French:
Mandarin de Timor
Hungarian:
zebrapinty
Italian:
Diamante mandarino
Japanese (romaji):
kinkachou
Lithuanian:
Zebrinė amadina
Portuguese:
Mandarim
Ukrainian:
Діамантник зебровий
Chinese:
斑胸草雀
Chinese (Traditional):
斑胸草雀

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Zebra Finch ( Taeniopygia guttata) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Zebra Finch ( Taeniopygia guttata) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Zebra Finch ( Taeniopygia guttata) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Zebra Finch ( Taeniopygia guttata) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Zebra Finch ( Taeniopygia guttata) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Zebra Finch ( Taeniopygia guttata) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Zebra Finch ( Taeniopygia guttata) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Zebra Finch ( Taeniopygia guttata) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Zebra Finch ( Taeniopygia guttata) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): Timor Zebra Finch ( Taeniopygia guttata) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): Timor Zebra Finch ( Taeniopygia guttata) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): Timor Zebra Finch ( Taeniopygia guttata) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): Timor Zebra Finch ( Taeniopygia guttata) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): Timor Zebra Finch ( Taeniopygia guttata) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Timor Zebra Finch ( Taeniopygia guttata) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Timor Zebra Finch ( Taeniopygia guttata) [version 1]
Clements, version 2021: Taeniopygia guttata guttata [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (as published): Zebra Finch ( Taeniopygia guttata) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions): Zebra Finch ( Taeniopygia guttata) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions): Zebra Finch ( Taeniopygia guttata) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions): Zebra Finch ( Taeniopygia guttata) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions): Zebra Finch ( Taeniopygia guttata) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions): Zebra Finch ( Taeniopygia guttata) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions): Zebra Finch ( Taeniopygia guttata) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition: Zebra Finch ( Taeniopygia guttata) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions): Zebra Finch ( Taeniopygia guttata) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions): Zebra Finch ( Taeniopygia guttata) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions): Zebra Finch ( Taeniopygia guttata) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions): Taeniopygia guttata guttata [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions): Taeniopygia guttata guttata [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions): Taeniopygia guttata guttata [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions): Taeniopygia guttata guttata [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions): Taeniopygia guttata guttata [version 1]
Clements, version 2015: Taeniopygia guttata guttata [version 1]
Clements, version 2016: Taeniopygia guttata guttata [version 1]
Clements, version 2017: Taeniopygia guttata guttata [version 1]
Clements, version 2018: Taeniopygia guttata guttata [version 1]
Clements, version 2019: Taeniopygia guttata guttata [version 1]
eBird version 1.50: Zebra Finch ( Taeniopygia guttata) [version 1]
eBird version 1.52: Zebra Finch (Lesser Sundas) ( Taeniopygia guttata guttata) [version 1]
eBird version 1.53: Zebra Finch (Lesser Sundas) ( Taeniopygia guttata guttata) [version 1]
eBird version 1.54: Zebra Finch (Lesser Sundas) ( Taeniopygia guttata guttata) [version 1]
eBird version 1.55: Zebra Finch (Lesser Sundas) ( Taeniopygia guttata guttata) [version 1]
eBird version 2015: Zebra Finch (Lesser Sundas) ( Taeniopygia guttata guttata) [version 1]
eBird version 2016: Zebra Finch (Lesser Sundas) ( Taeniopygia guttata guttata) [version 1]
eBird version 2017: Zebra Finch (Lesser Sundas) ( Taeniopygia guttata guttata) [version 1]
eBird version 2018: Zebra Finch (Lesser Sundas) ( Taeniopygia guttata guttata) [version 1]
eBird version 2019: Zebra Finch (Lesser Sundas) ( Taeniopygia guttata guttata) [version 1]
eBird version 2021: Zebra Finch (Lesser Sundas) ( Taeniopygia guttata guttata) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition: Poephila guttata guttata [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published): Taeniopygia guttata guttata [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2): Taeniopygia guttata guttata [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1): Taeniopygia guttata guttata [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1): Taeniopygia guttata guttata [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4): Taeniopygia guttata guttata [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5): Taeniopygia guttata guttata [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6): Taeniopygia guttata guttata [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7): Taeniopygia guttata guttata [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8): Taeniopygia guttata guttata [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): Taeniopygia guttata guttata [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Taeniopygia guttata guttata [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): Timor Zebra Finch ( Taeniopygia guttata) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Timor Zebra Finch ( Taeniopygia guttata) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Timor Zebra Finch ( Taeniopygia guttata) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Timor Zebra Finch ( Taeniopygia guttata) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Timor Zebra Finch ( Taeniopygia guttata) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1: Taeniopygia guttata guttata [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2: Taeniopygia guttata guttata [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3: Taeniopygia guttata guttata [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4: Taeniopygia guttata guttata [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5: Taeniopygia guttata guttata [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1: Taeniopygia guttata guttata [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2: Taeniopygia guttata guttata [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3: Taeniopygia guttata guttata [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4: Taeniopygia guttata guttata [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1: Taeniopygia guttata guttata [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2: Taeniopygia guttata guttata [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3: Taeniopygia guttata guttata [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: Taeniopygia guttata guttata [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: Taeniopygia guttata guttata [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: Taeniopygia guttata guttata [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: Taeniopygia guttata guttata [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: Taeniopygia guttata guttata [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: Taeniopygia guttata guttata [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: Taeniopygia guttata guttata [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: Taeniopygia guttata guttata [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: Taeniopygia guttata guttata [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: Taeniopygia guttata guttata [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Taeniopygia guttata guttata [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: Taeniopygia guttata guttata [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Taeniopygia guttata guttata [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: Taeniopygia guttata guttata [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Taeniopygia guttata guttata [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Taeniopygia guttata guttata [version 1]
James Lee Peters (original): Poephila guttata guttata [version 1]
James Lee Peters (2nd edition): Poephila guttata guttata [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0: Zebra Finch ( Taeniopygia guttata) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01: Taeniopygia guttata guttata [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Taeniopygia guttata guttata [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Taeniopygia [guttata or castanotis] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Other related concepts

Taeniopygia [castanotis x guttata] (hybrid)
Taeniopygia guttata x Stizoptera bichenovii (hybrid)
Poephila personata x Taeniopygia guttata (hybrid)
Poephila acuticauda x Taeniopygia guttata (hybrid)
Poephila cincta x Taeniopygia guttata (hybrid)
Erythrura trichroa x Taeniopygia guttata (hybrid)
Euodice cantans x Taeniopygia guttata (hybrid)
Euodice malabarica x Taeniopygia guttata (hybrid)
Spermestes griseicapilla x Taeniopygia guttata (hybrid)
Lonchura striata x Taeniopygia guttata (hybrid)
Lonchura striata acuticauda x Taeniopygia guttata (hybrid)
Lonchura striata [var. domestica] x Taeniopygia guttata (hybrid)
Lonchura leucosticta x Taeniopygia guttata (hybrid)
Lonchura malacca x Taeniopygia guttata (hybrid)
Lonchura atricapilla x Taeniopygia guttata (hybrid)
Lonchura castaneothorax x Taeniopygia guttata (hybrid)
Lonchura oryzivora x Taeniopygia guttata (hybrid)
Lagonosticta senegala x Taeniopygia guttata (hybrid)
Lagonosticta rubricata x Taeniopygia guttata (hybrid)
Estrilda astrild x Taeniopygia guttata (hybrid)
Ortygospiza atricollis x Taeniopygia guttata (hybrid)
Stagonopleura guttata x Taeniopygia guttata (hybrid)
Bathilda ruficauda x Taeniopygia guttata (hybrid)
Neochmia modesta x Taeniopygia guttata (hybrid)
Serinus canaria [var. domesticus] x Taeniopygia guttata (hybrid)
Taeniopygia guttata x Crithagra leucopygia (hybrid)
Taeniopygia guttata x Chloris chloris (hybrid)
Taeniopygia guttata x Carduelis carduelis (hybrid)
Taeniopygia guttata x Carduelis carduelis caniceps (hybrid)

Other synonyms

Asturian: Diamante cebra (guttata)
Bulgarian: Зеброва амадина (ssp. guttata)
Catalan: Diamant zebrat, diamant zebrat de Timor, Diamant zebrat de timor (guttata)
Czech: zebřička pestrá, zebřička pestrá (ssp. guttata)
Danish: Timorzebrafinke
German: Sonda Zebrafink, Timorzebraamadine, Zebraamadine (guttata), Zebrafink
English: Sonda Island zebra finch, Timor Zebra Finch, Zebra Finch, Zebra Finch (Lesser Sundas)
English, HBW: Timor Zebra Finch
English (IOC): Zebra Finch (Lesser Sundas)
English (United States): Zebra Finch (Lesser Sundas)
Esperanto: Guta teniopigio
Spanish: Diamante Cebra (de Timor), Diamante Cebra de Timor, Pinzón Cebra
Spanish (Colombia): Pinzón cebra
Spanish (Cuba): Zebrita (guttata)
Spanish (Spain): Diamante cebra (de Timor), Diamnte Cebra de Timor
Spanish (HBW): Zebra Finch (Lesser Sundas)
Estonian: sebra-amadiin
Finnish: seeprapeippo
French: Diamant à gorge grise, Diamant de Timor, Diamant mandarin (de Timor), Diamant mandarin (guttata), Mandarin de Timor
Irish: Glasán séabrach
Galician: Diamante mandarín (guttata)
Hebrew: זברה פינק
Hungarian: zebrapinty
Indonesian: Pipit Zebra
Icelandic: Sebrafinka (guttata)
Italian: Diamante mandarino, Diamante mandarino delle Isole Sonda, Fringuello zebrato
Japanese (romaji): kinkachou, kinkachou (guttata)
Japanese: キンカチョウ, キンカチョウ (guttata), キンカチョウ（guttata）
Kirghiz: наардуу өрмөкчү
Scientific: Fringilla guttata, Peophila guttata guttata, Poephila guttata guttata, Taeniopygia guttata, Taeniopygia guttata guttata, Taenopygia guttata guttata
Lithuanian: Zebrinė amadina
Maltese: sponsun żebra
Dutch: Zebravink, Zebravink (guttata)
Norwegian: sebraastrild (guttata), Sebrafink, Sundaastrild, sundaastrild (guttata)
Polish: zeberka (zwyczajna), zeberka timorska (guttata), Zeberka zwyczajna
Portuguese: Mandarim
Portuguese (Portugal): diamante-mandarim (guttata), Mandarim, Mandarim (guttata)
Russian: Зебровая амадина, Зебровая амадина (guttata), пятнистобокая амадина
Slovak: Zebrička červenozobá, zebrička červenozobá (skup.)
Slovenian: Zebrica (guttata)
Serbian: Zebrasta zeba, Zebrasta zeba (guttata)
Swedish: Zebrafink, zebrafink (guttata)
Turkish: Zebra İspinozu, Zebra ispinozu (guttata), Zebra İspinozu (guttata)
Tatar: зебрасыман астрильд
Ukrainian: Діамантник зебровий
Chinese: 斑胸草雀
Chinese (Traditional): 斑胸草雀