Zebra Finch / Taeniopygia guttata
Zebra Finch
SCI Name:
Protonym: Fringilla guttata Nouv.Dict.Hist.Nat. 12 p.233
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Estrildidae / Taeniopygia
Taxonomy Code: zebfin2
Type Locality: Moluccas [= Timor] .
Author: Vieillot
Publish Year: 1817
IUCN Status:
DEFINITIONS
TAENIOPYGIA
(Estrildidae; Ϯ Australian Zebra Finch T. castanotis) Gr. ταινια tainia band; -πυγιος -pugios -rumped < πυγη pugē rump; "rump white; upper tail-coverts jet black, each feather having three large and conspicuous oval spots of white" (Gould 1865); "XIX. Taeniopygia RCHB. Bänderschwanzfink. Schnabel dick, kaum länger, als hoch und breit, Firste rechtwinkelig in die Stirn tretend, spitzewärts verschmälert, Schneiden gerade. Schwingen 1=4 gleichlang und längste. Schwanzfedern fast gleichlang, nur die mittleren ein wenig länger, Oberschwanzdecken gebändert und den Schwanz fast bedeckend. ... 67-69. T. castanotis (Amadina — the chestunt [sic] eared Finch GOULD proc. IV. 1836. 105. Synops. I. B. of Austral. III. 87.) RCHB. Vögel Neuholl. n. 136. Der braunwangige Bänderschwanzfink. ... 69b. T. guttata (Loxia — le Bengali monchété [sic] VIEILLOT Ois. chant. 21. pl. III." (Reichenbach 1863); "Taeniopygia Reichenbach, 1862-63, Singvögel, p. 26. Type, by subsequent designation (Sharpe, 1890, Cat. Birds Brit.Mus., 13, p. 311), Amadina castanotis Gould." (Mayr in Peters 1968, XIV, 357).
Synon. Bichenoa, Steganopleura, Stictoptera, Stizoptera.
guttata
L. guttatus spotted, speckled < gutta drop, spot.
● ex “Héoro-taire moucheté” of Audebert & Vieillot 1802 (unident., ?Zosteropidae, ?Meliphagidae).
SUBSPECIES
Zebra Finch (Lesser Sundas)
SCI Name: Taeniopygia guttata guttata
guttata
L. guttatus spotted, speckled < gutta drop, spot.
● ex “Héoro-taire moucheté” of Audebert & Vieillot 1802 (unident., ?Zosteropidae, ?Meliphagidae).
Zebra Finch (Australian)
SCI Name: Taeniopygia guttata castanotis
castanotis
Gr. καστανον kastanon chestnut; -ωτις -ōtis -eared < ους ous, ωτος ōtos ear.
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)