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The Australian zebra finch is used worldwide in several research fields (e.g. neurobiology, physiology, behaviour, ecology and evolution) as individuals are easy to maintain and breed in captivity. [12] Zebra finches are more social than many migratory birds, generally traveling in small bands and sometimes gathering in larger groups. [13]
The zebra finch genome was the second bird genome to be sequenced, in 2008, after that of the chicken. [32] The Australian zebra finch uses an acoustic signal to communicate to embryos. It gives an incubation call to its eggs when the weather is hot—above 26 °C (79 °F)—and when the end of their incubation period is near.
The estrildid finches are small passerine birds of the Old World tropics and Australasia. They are gregarious and often colonial seed eaters with short thick but pointed bills. They are all similar in structure and habits, but have wide variation in plumage colours and patterns. [24] Zebra finch, Taeniopygia guttata (Ex)
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Finches are small to moderately large seed-eating passerine birds with a strong beak, usually conical and in some species very large. All have 12 tail feathers and nine primary flight feathers. Finches have a bouncing flight, alternating bouts of flapping with gliding on closed wings, and most sing well. European greenfinch, Chloris chloris (I)
Common name Binomial Notes Painted firetail: Emblema pictum: Red-eared firetail: Stagonopleura oculata (E) Red-browed firetail: Neochmia temporalis (I) Crimson finch: Neochmia phaeton: Star finch: Bathilda ruficauda: Zebra finch: Taeniopygia guttata: Double-barred finch: Stizoptera bichenovii: Masked finch: Poephila personata: Long-tailed finch ...
Hattiesburg Zoo on Sunday welcomed a new member to its family with the birth of a female zebra. The female foal was born to 3-year-old Samira and 7-year old Bakari. It was Samira's first foal, zoo ...
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