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Zebra Finch Taeniopygia guttata

aka Sunda Zebra Finch

Status.

Category E (Has bred in the wild)

Native Range

Two races; ssp. guttata: Lesser Sundas and ssp. castanotis: most of mainland Australia

Conservation Status

Not Globally Threatened

British Occurrence

NBN atlas has 184 records as at end 2024. Map Here.

Very commonly kept as a cage bird with inevitable escapes. NBN Atlas shows sightings throughout England and Wales mainly south of a Chester to Newcastle on Tyne line. One feeding a recently fledged chick at Wendover Woods, Buckinghamshire on 31st August 2010. A pair bred at Attenborough, Notts in 1981 and four birds were seen there in 1982.

Where to see Zebra Finch in captivity

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Sources

https://www.birdguides.com/Species-Guide/ioc/taeniopygia-guttata/