Editing Australian zebra finch (section)

{{Short description|Species of bird}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2017}}
{{Use British English|date=July 2014}}
{{Speciesbox
| image = Taeniopygia guttata - Bushell's Lagoon.jpg
| image2 = Taeniopygia guttata song - pone.0025506.s001.oga
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name="iucn">{{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International. |year=2024 |title=''Psephotus haematonotus'' |page=e.T22685139A254012516 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2024-2.RLTS.T22685139A254012516.en}}</ref>
| genus = Taeniopygia
| species = castanotis
| authority = ([[John Gould|Gould]], 1837)
| synonyms = ''Poephila guttata castanotis''<br>
''Taeniopygia guttata castanotis''
}}
[[File:Taeniopygia guttata -Karratha, Pilbara, Western Australia, Australia -male-8 (2).jpg|thumb|right|Male in Karratha, Western Australia]]
The '''Australian zebra finch''' ('''''Taeniopygia castanotis''''')<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Clayton|first1=N.S. |last2=Birkhead |first2=T. |title=Consistency in the scientific name of the zebra finch |journal=Auk|year=1989|volume=106|pages=750 |url=http://sora.unm.edu/sites/default/files/journals/auk/v106n04/p0750-p0750.pdf}}</ref> is the most common [[estrildid finch]] of [[Central Australia]]. It ranges over most of the continent, avoiding only the cool humid south and some areas of the tropical far north. The bird has been introduced to [[Puerto Rico]] and [[Portugal]].<ref name="iucn" /> Due to the ease of keeping and breeding the zebra finch in captivity, it has become Australia's most widely studied bird; by 2010, it was the most studied captive model [[passerine]] species worldwide, by a considerable margin. <ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Griffith |first1=Simon C. |last2=Buchanan |first2=Katherine L. |date=2010-09-01 |title=The Zebra Finch: the ultimate Australian supermodel |url=https://doi.org/10.1071/MUv110n3_ED |journal=Emu - Austral Ornithology |volume=110 |issue=3 |pages=v–xii |doi=10.1071/MUv110n3_ED |bibcode=2010EmuAO.110D...5G |s2cid=86055134 |issn=0158-4197|url-access=subscription }}</ref>