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Species profile—Taeniopygia guttata (zebra finch)

Classification

Animalia (animals) → Aves (birds) → Estrildidae → Taeniopygia guttata (zebra finch)

Photo of Taeniopygia guttata (zebra finch) - McDougall (Rockhampton), A.,QPWS,2006
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Species details

Kingdom
Animalia (animals)
Class
Aves (birds)
Family
Estrildidae
Scientific name
Taeniopygia guttata (Vieillot, 1817)
Common name
zebra finch
WildNet taxon ID
1343
Synonym(s)
Taeniopygia castanotis
Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
Least concern
Conservation significant
No
Endemicity
Native
Pest status
Nil
Species environment
Terrestrial

Other resources

Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums (OZCAM)
Atlas of Living Australia

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Data source

This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=1343

This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.

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Licence
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Last updated
8 March 2022
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