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Taeniopygia guttata
Adults only 10cm. Beautiful Australian finch, white belly, orange-red beak cheek patch and wing/body patch, soft grey head & back speckled with white dots and darker lines, black tail and frontal stripe, orange legs/feet, white face patch, orange eyes, some less patterned & also mutations in colour forms occur in the wild & in captive breeding. Call is a series of trills, hoarse high whispers & a other high sounds. Seed eater, also insects form part of diet. Never far from water.
Found throughout most of Australia. This one near bore springs in desert region of inland Australia.
Spotted on Jun 5, 2014
Submitted on Jun 21, 2014
17 Comments
Thank you Ali Hemati Pour & marirs - one of my favourites, and there are many of those!
So Beautiful! ;)
Beautiful bird it is
Thanks agustinb1 & martinaf2. One of my favourite birds.
And they make the sweetest pets Mark, but it's a special thing to see and get close to them in the wild.
Great to see these in the wild. They are already pets right around the world.
Thank you FranzKiernanBuenaflor!
lovely! :)
Thank you sunnyjosef & Sckel. The Zebras have such an innocence about them. I also observed them taking opportunities to nest inside man-made constructions in the desert to escape the hungry eyes of larger birds & reptiles.
You have shown me a very beautiful bird kd.... TFS
wonderful bird, kd.
Thankyou Lauren. I think I'll include this image in my next exhibition!
What a little treasure! Gorgeous picture kd.
Many thanks beaker98, staccyh & James, glad you admire them as much as I do. The Zebras are real favourites, so friendly & trusting & beautiful of course. Always something to follow when in the desert & needing to find water.
Wonderful capture kd!
great shot!
Superb