PASSERIFORMES: Estrildidae

Taeniopygia guttata  

Zebra Finch (Taeniopygia guttata)
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© Kay Parkin 2013
Port Augusta, SA (Apr, 2013)

I went for a walk through the Australian Arid Lands Botanical Garden in the afternoon. It was hot and I did not expect to see many birds but I came across a flock of these little fluff-balls who had come in to drink from a small pond!

Zebra Finch (Taeniopygia guttata)

Male Zebra Finch

Zebra Finch (Taeniopygia guttata)

Male Zebra Finch

Zebra Finch (Taeniopygia guttata)

Male Zebra Finch

Zebra Finch (Taeniopygia guttata)

Zebra Finch

Zebra Finch (Taeniopygia guttata)

Zebra Finch

Zebra Finch (Taeniopygia guttata)

Female Zebra Finch

Zebra Finch (Taeniopygia guttata)

Male at entrance to nest

Zebra Finch (Taeniopygia guttata)

Zebra Finches Drinking

Zebra Finch (Taeniopygia guttata)

Zebra Finch

Zebra Finch (Taeniopygia guttata)

Zebra Finch

Zebra Finch (Taeniopygia guttata)

Zebra Finch

Zebra Finch (Taeniopygia guttata)

Male Zebra Finch

Zebra Finch (Taeniopygia guttata)

Male Zebra Finch

Zebra Finch (Taeniopygia guttata)

Male (on left) and female

Zebra Finch (Taeniopygia guttata)

Zebra Finch

Zebra Finch (Taeniopygia guttata)

Zebra Finch

Zebra Finch (Taeniopygia guttata)

Zebra Finches at Willie Rockhole

Zebra Finch (Taeniopygia guttata)

Zebra Finch

Zebra Finch (Taeniopygia guttata)

Zebra Finch

Zebra Finch (Taeniopygia guttata)

Zebra Finch

Zebra Finch (Taeniopygia guttata)

Zebra Finch

Zebra Finch (Taeniopygia guttata)

Zebra Finch

Zebra Finch (Taeniopygia guttata)

Male Zebra Finch

Zebra Finch (Taeniopygia guttata)

Zebra Finch