Fauna Land : Birds #Zebra Finch (Taeniopygia Guttata)

in #nature7 years ago

The sparrow-studded sparrow on his chest like a zebra horse also includes a finch bird that many bird chirping lovers are looking for. It is also because of the beauty of this type of sparrow color motif. Just like gouldian finch, zebra finch also has many exotic color variants, it is due to the result of crossbreeding zebra finch different colors.



Results from croos breeding or zebra finch finch include zebra finch black chest, zebra finch black face, zebra finch fawn, Florida fancy zebra finch and zebra finch crest. The birds are zebra finch birds are much sought after friend chirping fans.



The two original subspecies of zebra finch originated from abroad (import) and also the local finch zebra native to Indonesia.


  • Taeniopygia guttata guttata, is a zebra finch that comes from the island of timor, so many call it zebra timor. Zebra finch of this type is found in many islands of Lombok and small Sunda.


  • Taeniopygia guttata castanocis, zebra finch Import originated from Australia.





Both types of zebra finch can be distinguished from the fostur body. Where the local finch zebra (timor) birds have smaller body size than zebra finch imported birds.