Double-barred finch

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Double-barred finch
Glen Davis, New South Wales, Australia

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Estrildidae
Genus: Stizoptera
Oberholser, 1899
Species:
S. bichenovii
Binomial name
Stizoptera bichenovii
(Vigors & Horsfield, 1827)
Subspecies

See text

Synonyms

Taeniopygia bichenovii (Vigors & Horsfield, 1827)

The double-barred finch (Stizoptera bichenovii) is an

estrildid finch found in dry savannah, tropical (lowland) dry grassland and shrubland habitats in northern and eastern Australia. It is sometimes referred to as Bicheno's finch or as the owl finch, the latter of which owing to the dark ring of feathers around the face. It is the only species placed in the genus
Stizoptera .

Taxonomy

The double-barred finch was

monophyletic.[4] In the reorganization to create monophyletic genera, the double-barred finch was moved to the resurrected genus Stizoptera that had been introduced in 1899 by the American ornithologist Harry C. Oberholser.[5][6] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek stizō meaning "to tattoo" with pteron meaning "wing". The specific epithet commemorates James Ebenezer Bicheno, a colonial secretary of Van Diemen's Land appointed in September 1842.[7]

Two subspecies are recognised:[6]

Description

The double-barred finch is a 10–11 cm long

nominate in having a black rather than a white rump.[8]

Behaviour

The double-barred finch is granivorous and highly gregarious. Nests are built in grass, bushes or low trees, with four to six eggs laid per clutch. The call is a soft tet or a louder peew, and the song is a soft fluting, which is somewhat like the zebra finch.[8]

Gallery

  • Lithgow, New South Wales, Australia
    Lithgow, New South Wales, Australia
  • Gregory River, Queensland
    Gregory River, Queensland
  • South-east Queensland, Australia
  • Nesting in captivity
    Nesting in captivity

References

  1. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22719682A94639041.en
    . Retrieved 6 March 2022.
  2. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.1826.tb00115.x
    . The title page is dated 1826.
  3. ^ Paynter, Raymond A. Jr, ed. (1968). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 14. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 359.
  4. PMID 32028027
    .
  5. ^ Oberholser, Harry C. (1899). "Some untenable names in ornithology". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 51: 201–216 [215].
  6. ^
    Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2023). "Waxbills, parrotfinches, munias, whydahs, Olive Warbler, accentors, pipits"
    . IOC World Bird List Version 13.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  7. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4
    .
  8. ^ a b Payne, R. B. (2021). Double-barred Finch (Stizoptera bichenovii), version 1.1. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.dobfin1.01.1
  • Finches and Sparrows by Clement, Harris and Davis,
    ISBN 0-7136-8017-2

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