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 LC    Australian Zebra Finch* Id (Atlas):
    Taeniopygia castanotis

Description (10)
Image of Australian Zebra Finch
 

Other Names (World)
Australian Zebra Finch, Zebra Finch, Timor Zebra Finch (guttata),

Family
Estrildidae (Waxbills)

Size
10 - 10.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Gould, 1837)

Range (Guide)
Throughout inland Australia from southern Cape York Peninsula and the Kimberley Divide south to central Vic., Murray - Mallee, Adelaide Plains and upper Yorke and Eyre Peninsula, SA, Nullarbor Plain and southern Wheatbelt of WA, and from the western slopes of the Great Divide and upper Dawson - Mackenzie Ranges Drainage Basin, central - eastern Qld, west to the coast round Bunbury north to King Sound, south-western Kimberley Divide. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Zebra Finch (Taeniopygia guttata).
 
Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Zebra Finch (Taeniopygia guttata).


References
See References.


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