Males
zebra finches have beaks that range from light orange to dark red.
(21) Homologies of exon 3 sequences (exon 3 and 4 sequences for the [mu]-receptor) between the birds studied and human and
zebra finch sequences revealed high nucleotide homologies between the birds examined in the study presented here (95%-96% identity), high homology between birds of the study presented here and the
zebra finch (92%-96% identity) and lower homologies between bird and human sequences (77%-82% identities), in accordance with their evolutionary distances.
Keywords: Brueelia, new species, new record,
zebra finch, Sindh, Pakistan.
A study of genome karyotype structure in BMC Genomics analyzed whole genomes of the chicken, turkey, Peking duck,
zebra finch, and budgerigar.
Zebra finches are popular across the Middle East in countries including Kuwait and Saudi Arabia.
Oropharyngeal and cloacal virus titers in birds inoculated with influenza A(H7N9) virus * Titer from oropharyngeal swab ([dagger]) Species 2 dpi 4 dpi
Zebra finch 4.8 [+ or -] 0.5 (7/7) 3.8 [+ or ] 1.3 (5/5) Society finch 4.9 [+ or -] 0.5 (7/7) 3.9 [+ or ] 0.7 (5/5) Sparrow 3.0 [+ or -] 0.5 (6/6) 3.0 [+ or ] 0.7 (3/4) Parakeet 3.4 [+ or -] 0.5 (5/5) 3.9 [+ or ] 1.6 (4/5) Titer from oropharyngeal swab ([dagger]) No.
Behavioural responses to video playbacks by
zebra finch males.
To date, genome sequences have only been obtained for two bird species, the Chicken and the
Zebra Finch (a small songbird).
An international research consortium has identified more than 800 genes that appear to play a role in the male
zebra finch's ability to learn elaborate songs from his father.
Common pet finches include
zebra finch, purple finch, goldfinch, and society finch, in addition to the canary that was previously mentioned.
To establish whether the Fugu [CB.sub.2]-like protein is an ortholog of mammalian [CB.sub.2] receptors, it was aligned with human [CB.sub.2], mouse [CB.sub.2], and [CB.sub.1] receptor sequences from several vertebrate species including Fugu ([CB.sub.1A] and [CB.sub.1B]), the amphibian Taricha granulosa, the
zebra finch Taeniopygia guttata, human, rat, mouse, and cat (Fig.
gouldiae actually is phylogenetically more related to the
zebra finch, P.
"The
zebra finch appears to store the neuronal firing pattern of song production during the day and reads it out at night, rehearsing the song and, perhaps, improvising variations.
The timing of breeding by the
zebra finch Taeniopygia castanotis at Mileura, western Australia.
Some learn their song during a short sensitive period early in life (Marler 1987), before or after dispersing from the natal territory, or both; examples are the chaffinch, Fringilla coelebs (Thorpe 1958),
zebra finch, Taeniopygia guttara (Immelmann and Suomi 1981), song and swamp sparrows, Melospiza melodia and M.
