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OverviewAI-generated
Taeniopygia guttata, described by Vieillot in 1817, is a species within the family Estrildidae. It belongs to the genus Taeniopygia and is classified under the order Passeriformes, class Aves, phylum Chordata, and kingdom Animalia. Common names for this bird include Sunda Zebra Finch, Pipit zebra, Zebraamadine, and Diamante cebra de Timor. The species is diurnal, with a mass of 9.8 and a litter size of 4.5.
The taxon range includes Indonesia and Africa. Its IUCN conservation status is listed as Least Concern, a designation recorded in 2018. The organism is also identified as a model organism. Occurrence records number 218,027, while iDigBio holds 1,258 records and 32 media items from institutions such as DMNS, UMZM, MSB, CMN, and UWZM. These records are associated with Australia, the United States, and Canada.
Synthesized by Vinony from 30 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, GBIF, IUCN Red List, Gbif Occ, iDigBio, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Species
Least ConcernSPECIES
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyEstrildidae
via GBIF · IUCN
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 1,258
- With media
- 32
- Family
- Estrildidae
- Collections
- DMNS, UMZM, MSB, CMN, UWZM, MLZ
- Recorded in
- Australia, United States, Canada
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- model organism
- Parent taxon
- Taeniopygia
- Mass
- 9.8
- Image
- 2014-08-19 Zebra Finch, Sumba, Nusa Tenggara Timur, Indonesia 1.jpg
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- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
- taxon name
- Taeniopygia guttata
- Commons category
- Taeniopygia guttata
- litter size
- 4.5
- sequenced genome URL
- www.ensembl.org/Taeniopygia_guttata
- diel cycle
- diurnality
- taxon common name
- mandarim-de-timor
- short name
- T. guttata
- taxon range
- Africa
- taxon author citation
- (Vieillot, 1817)
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Encyclopedic overview
The Sunda zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata) is a species of bird in the family Estrildidae. It is found in the Lesser Sundas. For almost two centuries, its closest relative from Australia was generally included in T.guttata as a subspecies; since the 2020s it is generally considered a separate species Taeniopygia castanotis.
Most pre-2020 literature referencing "T.guttata" actually refers to the birds now known as T.castanotis – in particular physiological, neurological and behavioral studies generally used "T.guttata" for the Australian species, because T.guttata sensu stricto was never kept in captivity in significant numbers, and thus was unavailable for such research.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Taeniopygia guttata” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.