Stats

Lifespan: 2-5 yrs
Size: Small
Diet: Herbivore
Activity: Diurnal
Social: Flock
Biome: Temperate grassland
Range: Australia
Movement: Flight
Breeding: Egg-laying
Defense: Flock Safety
Status: Uncommon

About

A small Australian finch beloved as a pet for its cheerful chatter; males sport bold black-and-white throat bars, vivid orange cheek patches, and a bright red-orange bill.

Life cycle

1.
egg
A small clutch of speckled eggs is incubated in a cup nest, turned and kept warm by the parent.
2.
hatchling
A pink, blind hatchling is fed by its parents in the nest, gaping its bill at every visit.
3.
juvenile
A feathered juvenile fledges from the nest, learning to fly and to forage close to its parents.
4.
adult
Fully grown with adult plumage and song.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Estrildidae
Genus: Taeniopygia
Species: Taeniopygia guttata