Zebra Finch

Taeniopygia guttata (Vieillot 1817)

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Taeniopygia guttata (Zebra Finch) is a species of birds in the family Estrildid finches. They are found in australasia. Individuals can grow to 11 cm. Reproduction is dioecious. They rely on flight to move around.

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URI: https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q148681
Definition: a characteristic of a species, meaning that it has distinct male and female individual organisms.

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URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NBO_0000367
Definition: self-propelled movement of an organism from one location to another through the air, usually by means of active wing movement

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EOL has data for 23 attributes, including:

auditory system
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0016490
- Definition: the sensory system for the sense of hearing
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tympanic middle ear
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0001756
- Definition: the air-filled cavity within the skull of vertebrates that lies between the outer ear and the inner ear. It is linked to the pharynx (and therefore to outside air) via the Eustachian tube and in mammals contains the three ear ossicles, which transmit auditory vibrations from the outer ear (via the tympanum) to the inner ear
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bill length
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/BillLength
- Definition: Length of the bill.
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10.1 mm
biogeographic realm
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GAZ_00000071
- Definition: The largest scale biogeographic division of the earth's surface based on the historic and evolutionary distribution patterns of plants and animals.
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australasia
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Australasia
- Attribution: Udvardy, M. D. F. (1975). A classification of the biogeographical provinces of the world. IUCN Occasional Paper no. 18. Morges, Switzerland: IUCN
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body temperature
- URI: http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MESH/D001831
- Definition: internal temperature of living individual
- Attribution: Lovegrove
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314.15 kelvin
geographic distribution includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Present
- Definition: This organism is known to be present in this location or region
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North Pacific
- URI: http://www.marineregions.org/mrgid/1908
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habitat
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002303
- Definition: x has habitat y if: x is an organism, y is a habitat, and y can sustain and allow the growth of a population of x
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mountain
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000081
- Definition: A landform that extends above the surrounding terrain in a limited area. A mountain is generally steeper than a hill, but there is no universally accepted standard definition for the height of a mountain or a hill although a mountain usually has an identifiable summit and a local relief of more than 300m.
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life span
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0000050
- Definition: A time quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearer's expected maximum age.
- Comment: Ontology Description: http://obofoundry.org/wiki/index.php/PATO:Main_Page Ontology Source: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/pato.owl
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12 years
locomotion
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0040011
- Definition: Self-propelled movement of a cell or organism from one location to another.
- Attribution: [database_cross_reference: GOC:dgh]
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flight
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NBO_0000367
- Definition: self-propelled movement of an organism from one location to another through the air, usually by means of active wing movement
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sexually dimorphic
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0002451
- Definition: A quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearer's exhibiting a phenotypic difference between males and females of the same species.
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male more colorful
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/male_more_colorful
- Comment: Auto-added during harvest #90. A human needs to edit this.
- Attribution: Adw Birds
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tarsus length
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/TarsusLength
- Definition: Length of the tarsus. In birds, length of the tarsometatarsus (fusion of ankle and foot bones)
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14.3 mm
temperature at range midpoint latitude
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/TemperatureAtRangeMidpointLatitude
- Definition: The temperature at the range midpoint latitude of an organism.
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13.05 degrees celsius
weight
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0000128
- Definition: A physical quality inhering in a bearer that has mass near a gravitational body.
- Comment: Ontology Description: http://bioportal.bioontology.org/ontologies/PATO Ontology Source: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/pato.owl
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12 g

Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of Zebra Finch. View this species on GBIF

Kenneth Bader cc-by-nc-4.0

Zebra Finch includes 2 children: