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NALT Concept Space
U.S. Department of Agriculture

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Concept information

  1. Animals, Livestock, One Health
  2. animals
  3. laboratory animals
  4. birds
  5. Taeniopygia guttata
  1. Research, Technology, Methods
  2. organisms
  3. animals
  4. laboratory animals
  5. birds
  6. Taeniopygia guttata
  1. Animals, Livestock, One Health
  2. animals
  3. vertebrates
  4. birds
  5. Taeniopygia guttata
  1. Research, Technology, Methods
  2. organisms
  3. animals
  4. vertebrates
  5. birds
  6. Taeniopygia guttata
  1. Taxonomic Hierarchy
  2. Aves
  3. Passeriformes
  4. Estrildidae
  5. Taeniopygia
  6. Taeniopygia guttata

Preferred term

Taeniopygia guttata

Type

  • Organism

Definition

  • Information A bird species with a gray body, a bright orange bill, and a distinctive black-and-white moustache mark on its face. It is originally from Australia and Indonesia, and used extensively in laboratory research on vocal learning. Also known as the Sunda zebra finch.

    Source: AWIC

    Type: Concept definition

Broader concept

Synonyms

  • Poephila guttata
  • zebra finch

Has taxonomic rank

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URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/190060

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